Median | 90th percentile | 97.5 percentile | ||||
<50 years | ≥50 years | <50 years | ≥50 years | <50 years | ≥50 years | |
Serum (pmol/L) | ||||||
hCG | <0.8 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 10.6 | 8.6 | 15.5 |
beta-hCG | <0.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.0 |
Total hCG* | 0.8 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 11.3 | 9.0 | 17.0 |
Urine (pmol/L) | ||||||
hCG | <0.8 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 11.5 |
beta-hCG | <0.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 4.3 |
c-beta-hCG | 0.7 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 6.4 | 8.1 | 9.5 |
Total hCG* | 1.8 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 15.4 | 13.6 | 20.4 |
Urine (pmol/mmol) | ||||||
hCG/creatinine | <0.10 | 0.24 | 0.37 | 0.88 | 0.82 | 1.34 |
beta-hCG/creatinine | <0.06 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.64 |
c-beta-hCG/creatinine | 0.07 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.93 | 0.51 | 1.25 |
Total hCG/creatinine* | 0.20 | 0.63 | 0.78 | 2.06 | 1.31 | 2.92 |
hCG: human chorionic gonadotropin.
* Results for total hCG immunoreactivity were calculated as the sum of the concentration in individual samples.