My testosterone results (can someone help me understand what this means)

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[madman]

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How do you feel overall?

Based on your results with a TT 470.1 ng/dL (16.3 nmol/L) and normalish SHBG 33.9 nmol/L your FT is low.

Keep in mind although TT is important to know FT is what truly matters as it is the active unbound fraction of T responsible for the positive effects.

Not sure what testing method was used for FT and the only way to know where it truly sits would be testing it using the most accurate assay the gold standard Equilibrium Dialysis.

Otherwise you would need to use/rely on the go to calculated linear law-of-mass action Vermeulen (cFTV).

Judging by the reference range/units highly doubtful it was tested by Equilibrium Dialysis and doubtful it was tested using the cFTV as your FT would not be low.

If we calculate your FT using the online calculator which is available for free to the general public with a descent TT 470.1 ng/dL, normalish SHBG 33.9 nmol/L and slightly elevated Albumin 5.0 g/dL your cFTV 8.9 ng/dL would not be considered low but falls in what would be called the grey zone 5-9 ng/dL where some men can experience symptoms of low T.

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FT <5 ng/dL would be considerd low.

FT 5-9 ng/dL would be considered the grey zone where some men may experience symptoms of low-T.

FT 10-15 ng/dL would be healthy.

FT 20-25 ng/dL would be high-end/high.

Your cFTV 8.9 ng/dL is not low seeing as it falls in the grey zone.

Did you have blood work done in the early AM fasted?

If not then your results would be skewed.

Thread 'Largest dataset of mFT levels to date: male reference ranges spanning a wide age range, using a gold standard Equilibrium Dialysis LC-MS/MS method'

Mar 14, 2026

Sit and dwell on that!

Think of all those overmedicated men on T-therapy gassed up on FT well beyond their natty genetic set-point and unfortunately many off them off the hop!

You can blame all those run of the mill T clinics, kiddie forums loaded with all those numbskulls, throw those blast n cruisers in there too and put the icing on the cake the cesspool of so called gurus polluting gootube!

Gotta love all those kiddie forums loaded with the brainwashed sheep still pushing that more T is better mentality dishing out piss poor advice!

So much misinformation littered on the net its...

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