That depends on your age and sex
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Note: mm/hr. = millimeters per hour.(sourced from wikipedia)
Westergren's original normal values (men 3mm and women 7mm)[5] made no allowance for a person's age and in 1967 it was confirmed that ESR values tend to rise with age and to be generally higher in women.[6] Values are increased in states of anemia,[7] and in black populations.[8]
Adults
The widely used[9] rule for calculating normal maximum ESR values in adults (98% confidence limit) is given by a formula devised in 1983:
{\rm ESR}\ (mm/hr) \le \frac {{\rm Age}\ ({\it in\ years}) + 10\ ({\it if\ female})}{2}
ESR reference ranges from a large 1996 study with weaker confidence limits:
(ESR 95% limits) Age (years)
Men-----20 years old 10, 55 years old 14, 90 yearolds 19.
Women-20 years old 15, 55 years old 21, 90 yearolds 23.
Children
Normal values of ESR have been quoted as 1[12] to 2[13] mm/hr at birth, rising to 4 mm/hr 8 days after delivery,[13] and then to 17 mm/hr by day 14.
Typical normal ranges quoted are:
Newborn: 0 to 2 mm/hr
Neonatal to puberty: 3 to 13 mm/hr, but other laboratories place an upper limit of 20. sourced from wikipedia
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