Sex Hormone Bin. Globulin-SHBG

This test measures the level of sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) in your blood. SHBG is a protein made by your liver. It binds tightly to three sex hormones found in both men and women: estrogen , dihydrotestosterone, or DHT and testosterone. SHBG carries these three hormones throughout your blood.

Specimen: Serum

Reference Values: 

Follicular Phase: 26-110 nmol/L 
Midcycle Phase: 11-97 nmol/L 
Luteal Phase: 28-112 nmol/L 
1st Trimester: 26-241 nmol/L 
2nd Trimester: 85-492 nmol/L 
Males: 14.5-48.4 nmol/L 

Method: CLIA

Loinc: 13967-5