Your normal iron levels depend on your gender and the specific iron-related marker being measured:
- Serum iron levels typically range:
- For women: about 37–145 µg/dL (or 35 to 145 mcg/dL)
- For men: about 59–158 µg/dL (or 50 to 150 mcg/dL)
- Ferritin, which indicates your iron storage, normally ranges:
- For women: approximately 13 to 150 ng/mL
- For men: approximately 30 to 300 ng/mL
- Hemoglobin, which reflects iron function in red blood cells, normally ranges:
- For women: 12.1 to 15.1 g/dL
- For men: 13.8 to 17.2 g/dL
Maintaining iron within these ranges is important to avoid iron deficiency or overload, both of which can affect health.
