Table 1

Comparison of TSH reference levels from the literature

Author
Year
n
Population Age in years
TSH levels

De Rosa [6]
1996
259
12 – 82
0.3 – 3.32
Taimela [7]
1997
262
23 – 69
0.6 – 4.3
Bjoro [8]
2000
19327 f
9754 m
20–80
0.49 – 5.70 f
0.56 – 4.60 m
Steinmetz [9]
2000
1348
45–70
0.43 – 3.71
Hollowell [10]
2002
13344
12 – 80
0,45 – 4,12
Hubl [11]
2002
1030
18 – 90
0.19 – 4.25
Hübner [12]
2002
43
15–18 (study subgroup)
0.56 – 4.53
Gonzalez-Sagrado [13]
2004
304
12–94
0.51 – 5.95
Jensen [14]
2004
1512
17 – 66
0.58 – 4.07
D'Herbomez [15]
2005
710
18 – 65
0.35 – 3.48
Kratzsch [16]
2005
870
18 – 68
0.3 – 3.63
Moncayo [17]
2005
14981
20–89
0.3 – 3.5
Völzke [18]
2005
1488
20–79
0.25 – 2.12
Zöphel [19]
2005
1442
Unkown
0.3 – 3.35
Dhatt [20]
2006
959
16 – 75
0.3 – 4.32
O'Leary [21]
2006
2026
29 – 70
0.4 – 4.0
Total number of observations

69659



Moncayo et al. BMC Endocrine Disorders 2007 7:5   doi:10.1186/1472-6823-7-5