Are my numbers normal?

Under ACC/AHA 2017: normal is below 120/80 mmHg, elevated is 120–129 systolic with diastolic under 80, stage 1 hypertension is 130–139 or 80–89, and stage 2 is 140/90 or above. Anything over 180/120 is a hypertensive crisis.

Because the two are using different guidelines. ACC/AHA 2017 calls 130/80 and above stage 1 hypertension, while the ESC and WHO keep the threshold at 140/90 and call 135/85 high-normal. Same reading, two names. This hub shows both so you can see which one you are being measured against.

Total cholesterol under 200 mg/dL is desirable and 240 or more is high. LDL is the one that drives treatment: under 100 optimal, 100–129 near optimal, 130–159 borderline, 160–189 high, 190 or more very high. HDL under 40 in men or 50 in women is low, and 60 or more is protective. Triglycerides should be under 150.

The ADAG equation converts it: estimated average glucose in mg/dL equals 28.7 times your A1c minus 46.7. So an A1c of 6.0% is an average glucose of about 126 mg/dL. Under 5.7% is normal, 5.7 to 6.4% is prediabetes and 6.5% or above is in the diabetes range.

Neither is automatically right. A1c reflects roughly three months of average glucose; a fasting sample is one moment. Disagreement is common and points at either a very recent change in glucose control or something interfering with the A1c — anaemia, haemoglobin variants, pregnancy or kidney disease all distort it. That is a conversation with your clinician, not a calculation.

The WHO threshold for depleted iron stores is 15 ng/mL, but most clinicians act below 30 when symptoms fit, because iron deficiency without anaemia is already symptomatic at that level. Ferritin also rises with inflammation, so a "normal" 45 in someone with active inflammation can still mean depleted stores.

It depends entirely on where you are. At sea level, 92% is below the normal 95–100% band and warrants attention. At 10,000 feet it is close to what an acclimatised healthy person would read. This hub adjusts the expectation for the altitude you enter.

Typically within 2 to 3 percentage points under good conditions, and worse than that with cold hands, nail polish, poor circulation or movement. Importantly, they overestimate saturation more often in people with darker skin, which has led to missed low-oxygen states. Treat borderline readings conservatively and let symptoms outrank the device.

Most laboratories use 300 to 1,000 ng/dL for adult men, and the Endocrine Society treats 300 as the action threshold. Levels fall roughly 1% per year from around age 30, so a 60-year-old at the low end of the range is common. A low result must be drawn in the morning and confirmed on a second sample before anything follows.

An FSH above about 25 IU/L fits the menopausal transition, but the diagnosis is clinical, not biochemical: 12 consecutive months without a period. FSH swings widely during perimenopause, so a single high value proves nothing on its own and a normal value does not rule it out.

The 6th edition lower reference limits are: volume 1.4 mL, concentration 16 million per mL, total count 39 million, total motility 42%, progressive motility 30%, normal morphology 4% and vitality 54%. These are the 5th percentile of men whose partners conceived within a year — being below one of them lowers the odds, it does not mean infertility.

For fasting glucose, yes — at least 8 hours with nothing but water. For a lipid panel, current guidance allows non-fasting samples for screening, though a fasting draw is still preferred when triglycerides are high. A1c, ferritin and hormone panels do not need fasting, but testosterone should be drawn in the morning.