Reference Values

TESTOSTERONE, TOTAL

Males

0-5 months: 75-400 ng/dL

6 months-9 years: <7-20 ng/dL

10-11 years: <7-130 ng/dL

12-13 years: <7-800 ng/dL

14 years: <7-1,200 ng/dL

15-16 years: 100-1,200 ng/dL

17-18 years: 300-1,200 ng/dL

≥19 years: 240-950 ng/dL

Tanner Stages*

I (prepubertal): <7-20

II: 8-66

III: 26-800

IV: 85-1,200

V (young adult): 300-950

Females

0-5 months: 20-80 ng/dL

6 months-9 years: <7-20 ng/dL

10-11 years: <7-44 ng/dL

12-16 years: <7-75 ng/dL

17-18 years: 20-75 ng/dL

≥19 years: 8-60 ng/dL

Tanner Stages*

I (prepubertal): <7-20

II: <7-47

III: 17-75

IV: 20-75

V (young adult): 12-60

*Puberty onset (transition from Tanner stage I to Tanner stage II) occurs for boys at a median age of 11.5 (±2) years and for girls at a median age of 10.5 (±2) years. There is evidence that it may occur up to 1 year earlier in obese girls and in African American girls. For boys, there is no definite proven relationship between puberty onset and body weight or ethnic origin. Progression through Tanner stages is variable. Tanner stage V (young adult) should be reached by age 18.

TESTOSTERONE, FREE

Males (adult):

20-<25 years: 5.25-20.7 ng/dL

25-<30 years: 5.05-19.8 ng/dL

30-<35 years: 4.85-19.0 ng/dL

35-<40 years: 4.65-18.1 ng/dL

40-<45 years: 4.46-17.1 ng/dL

45-<50 years: 4.26-16.4 ng/dL

50-<55 years: 4.06-15.6 ng/dL

55-<60 years: 3.87-14.7 ng/dL

60-<65 years: 3.67-13.9 ng/dL

65-<70 years: 3.47-13.0 ng/dL

70-<75 years: 3.28-12.2 ng/dL

75-<80 years: 3.08-11.3 ng/dL

80-<85 years: 2.88-10.5 ng/dL

85-<90 years: 2.69-9.61 ng/dL

90-<95 years: 2.49-8.76 ng/dL

95-100+ years: 2.29-7.91 ng/dL

Males (children):

<1 year: Term infants

1-15 days: 0.20-3.10 ng/dL*

16 days-1 year: Values decrease gradually from newborn (0.20-3.10 ng/dL) to prepubertal levels

*Forest MG, Cathiard AM, Bertrand JA. Total and unbound testosterone levels in the newborn and in normal and hypogonadal children: use of a sensitive radioimmunoassay for testosterone. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1973;36(6):1132-1142 

1-8 years: <0.13 ng/dL

9 years: <0.13-0.45 ng/dL

10 years: <0.13-1.26 ng/dL

11 years: <0.13-5.52 ng/dL

12 years: <0.13-9.28 ng/dL

13 years: <0.13-12.6 ng/dL

14 years: 0.48-15.3 ng/dL

15 years: 1.62-17.7 ng/dL

16 years: 2.93-19.5 ng/dL

17 years: 4.28-20.9 ng/dL

18 years: 5.40-21.8 ng/dL

19 years: 5.36-21.2 ng/dL

Females (adult):

20-<25 years: <0.13-1.08 ng/dL

25-<30 years: <0.13-1.06 ng/dL

30-<35 years: <0.13-1.03 ng/dL

35-<40 years: <0.13-1.00 ng/dL

40-<45 years: <0.13-0.98 ng/dL

45-<50 years: <0.13-0.95 ng/dL

50-<55 years: <0.13-0.92 ng/dL

55-<60 years: <0.13-0.90 ng/dL

60-<65 years: <0.13-0.87 ng/dL

65-<70 years: <0.13-0.84 ng/dL

70-<75 years: <0.13-0.82 ng/dL

75-<80 years: <0.13-0.79 ng/dL

80-<85 years: <0.13-0.76 ng/dL

85-<90 years: <0.13-0.73 ng/dL

90-<95 years: <0.13-0.71 ng/dL

95-100+ years: <0.13-0.68 ng/dL

Females (children):

<1 year: Term infants

1-15 days: <0.13-0.25 ng/dL*

16 days-1 year: Values decrease gradually from newborn (<0.13-0.25 ng/dL) to prepubertal levels

*Forest MG, Cathiard AM, Bertrand JA. Total and unbound testosterone levels in the newborn and in normal and hypogonadal children: use of a sensitive radioimmunoassay for testosterone. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1973;36(6):1132-1142

1-4 years: <0.13 ng/dL

5 years: <0.13 ng/dL

6 years: <0.14 ng/dL

7 years: <0.13-0.23 ng/dL

8 years: <0.13-0.34 ng/dL

9 years: <0.13-0.46 ng/dL

10 years: <0.13-0.59 ng/dL

11 years: <0.13-0.72 ng/dL

12 years: <0.13-0.84 ng/dL

13 years: <0.13-0.96 ng/dL

14 years: <0.13-1.06 ng/dL

15-18 years: <0.13-1.09 ng/dL

19 years: <0.13-1.08 ng/dL

TESTOSTERONE, BIOAVAILABLE

Males

≤19 years: Not established

20-29 years: 83-257 ng/dL

30-39 years: 72-235 ng/dL

40-49 years: 61-213 ng/dL

50-59 years: 50-190 ng/dL

60-69 years: 40-168 ng/dL

≥70 years: Not established

Females (non-oophorectomized)

≤19 years: Not established

20-50 years (on oral estrogen): 0.80-4.0 ng/dL

20-50 years (not on oral estrogen): 0.80-10 ng/dL

>50 Years: Not established