Editing Progesterone (section)

====Ranges====
Blood test results should always be interpreted using the reference ranges provided by the laboratory that performed the results. Example reference ranges are listed below.

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!rowspan=2| Person type !!colspan=3| [[Reference range for blood test]]
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! Lower limit !! Upper limit !! Unit
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| Female - menstrual cycle ||colspan=3| (see diagram below)
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| rowspan=2| Female - postmenopausal || [[less than|<]]0.2<ref name=nih2009>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150701024923/http://cclnprod.cc.nih.gov/dlm/testguide.nsf/0/CB26894E1EB28DEF85256BA5005B000E?OpenDocument Progesterone Reference Ranges], Performed at the Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, 03Feb09</ref> || 1<ref name=nih2009/> || [[nanogram|ng]]/[[millilitre|mL]]
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| <0.6<ref name="mass-converted">Converted from mass values using molar mass of 314.46 g/mol</ref> || 3<ref name="mass-converted"/> || [[nanomole|nmol]]/[[litre|L]]
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| rowspan=2| Female on [[oral contraceptive]]s || 0.34<ref name=nih2009/> || 0.92<ref name=nih2009/> || ng/mL
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| 1.1<ref name="mass-converted"/> || 2.9<ref name="mass-converted"/> || nmol/L
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| rowspan=2| Males [[greater than or equal to|≥]]16 years || 0.27<ref name=nih2009/> || 0.9<ref name=nih2009/> || ng/mL
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| 0.86<ref name="mass-converted"/> || 2.9<ref name="mass-converted"/> || nmol/L
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| rowspan=2| Female or male 1–9 years || 0.1<ref name=nih2009/> || 4.1<ref name=nih2009/> or 4.5<ref name=nih2009/> || ng/mL
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| 0.3<ref name="mass-converted"/> || 13<ref name="mass-converted"/> || nmol/L
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[[File:Progesterone during menstrual cycle.png|thumb|upright=4|left|Progesterone levels during the [[menstrual cycle]].<ref name="Häggström2014">{{cite journal|year=2014|title=Reference ranges for estradiol, progesterone, luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone during the menstrual cycle|journal=WikiJournal of Medicine|volume=1|issue=1|doi=10.15347/wjm/2014.001|issn=2002-4436| vauthors = Häggström M |doi-access=free|s2cid=88035135 }}</ref>
<small><br />• The ranges denoted '''By biological stage''' may be used in closely monitored menstrual cycles in regard to other markers of its biological progression, with the time scale being compressed or stretched to how much faster or slower, respectively, the cycle progresses compared to an average cycle.
<br />• The ranges denoted '''Inter-cycle variability''' are more appropriate to use in non-monitored cycles with only the beginning of menstruation known, but where the woman accurately knows her average cycle lengths and time of ovulation, and that they are somewhat averagely regular, with the time scale being compressed or stretched to how much a woman's average cycle length is shorter or longer, respectively, than the average of the population.
<br />• The ranges denoted '''Inter-woman variability''' are more appropriate to use when the average cycle lengths and time of ovulation are unknown, but only the beginning of menstruation is given.</small>]]{{Clear}}
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