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Table 1 Chemical, haematological and endocrinological work-up on initial presentation at the medical outpatient clinic

From: Hypertension secondary to a periprostatic paraganglioma: case report and review of the literature

Serum chemistry

Value

Reference

Sodium (mmol/L)

135

135 – 145

Potassium (mmol/L)

4.5

3.5 – 4.5

Calcium (mmol/L)

2.66 (corr. 2.68) ⬆

2.10 – 2.55

Phosphate (mmol/L)

0.8 ⬇

0.9 – 1.5

Magnesium (mmol/L)

0.9

0.7 – 1.0

Albumin (g/L)

39

35 – 55

Creatinine (μmol/L)

88

80 – 125

eGFR CKD-EPI (mL/min/1.73 m2)

73

>60

Morning glucose

5.9

4.0 – 6.4

HbA1c (mmol/mol)

41

<53

Iron (μmol/L)

5 ⬇

14 - 35

Total iron-binding capacity (μmol/L)

75.3 ⬆

27 – 54

Ferritin (μg/L)

16 ⬇

25 – 250

Folic acid (nmol/L)

55.7 ⬆

5 – 23

Vitamin B12 (pmol/L)

364

130 – 700

Alkaline aminotransferase (U/L)

18

<50

Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L)

12

<45

Alkaline phosphatase (U/L)

89

<125

Gamma-glutamyltransferase (U/L)

67 ⬆

<45

Total bilirubin (μmol/L)

7

<17

C-reactive protein (mg/L)

4.6

<10

25-hydroxy vitamin D (nmol/L)

19 ⬇

20 – 100

Hematology

  

Hemoglobin (mmol/L)

7.4 ⬇

8.5 – 11.0

Mean corpuscular volume (fL)

79.9 ⬇

82 – 98

Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (fmol)

1.6 ⬇

1.7 – 2.1

Erythrocyte count (1012/L)

4.73

4.3 – 6.0

Erythrocyte sediment rate (mm/uur)

53 ⬆

<20

Thrombocytes count (109/L)

381

150 – 400

Leukocyte count (109/L)

7.6

4.0 – 10.0

Endocrinology

  

Thyroid-stimulating hormone (mU/L)

2.3

0.5 – 3.9

Free thyroxine (pmol/L)

10.5

9 – 24

Parathyroid hormone (pmol/L)

9.4 ⬆

2 – 7

Calcitonin (pmol/L)

5.1

<25

Prostate-specific hormone (μg/L)

2.5

<6.5

Urine (24-hours collection)

  

Calcium (mmol/L)

4.3

3.5 – 8.0