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This test is suggested for women and children due to an improved sensitivity of testosterone by LC-MS/MS.
Until better data exist, a plasma total testosterone level of <25 ng/dL in women under 50 years old, and <20 ng/dL in women aged 50 or older, is indicative of androgen deficiency. For the free testosterone assay by direct radioimmunoassay, the guide is used that in women under the age of 50, a level of <1.5 pg/mL, and in women over the age of 50, a level of <1.0 pg/mL, is indicative of androgen deficiency.