Hormones
DHEA-sulfate
The storage form of DHEA, an adrenal hormone the body converts onward into sex hormones.
Unit µg/dLTypical adult range 80–560 µg/dL
What it is
The storage form of DHEA, an adrenal hormone the body converts onward into sex hormones.
Why it matters
Because it is stable through the day it is the practical way to measure adrenal androgen output, where DHEA itself swings too much to chart.
Reading the number
It falls steadily with age from the twenties onward, so the number only means something against a range for your age -- a value that would be low at thirty is normal at sixty.
What moves it
agestresssteroid medicationsupplements
Read alongside
When to raise it
Worth discussing a value well outside the range for your age.
Also known as
On a report in another language.
A lab report names this analyte in its own language. Vitals Vault recognises each of these and files them all under DHEA-sulfate.
Sulfato de DehidroepiandrosteronaDHEA-SDHEA-SO4Dehydroepiandrosteronsulfat
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