Preferred Sample Type
Suitable Specimen Types
- Plain Spot Urine
10mL plain random urine
Specimen Transport
Usual transport to laboratory.Sample Processing in Laboratory
Send to referral laboratory via first class post.Urine PYD and DPD (bone marker/bone markers)
Reference Range
Reference ranges provided by referral laboratory (July 2014). All ranges expressed as nmol/mmol creatinine.
| Males | Females | |||
| PYD/Cre | DPD/Cre | PYD/Cre | DPD/Cre | |
| 4-5 yrs | 58.7-85.0 | 17.4-24.3 | 63.7-85.1 | 17.2-25.1 |
| 5-6 yrs | 54.7-83.0 | 15.9-22.5 | 55.7-82.9 | 14.8-22.1 |
| 6-7 yrs | 53.0-76.7 | 14.8-22.3 | 57.6-77.5 | 13.8-21.2 |
| 7-8 yrs | 51.6-72.2 | 14.6-22.1 | 55.3-75.1 | 15.2-21.0 |
| 8-9 yrs | 46.1-63.4 | 12.0-16.1 | 49.9-66.9 | 12.6-18.4 |
| 9-10yrs | 49.5-67.3 | 12.3-16.3 | 58.5-79.4 | 15.7-22.4 |
| 10-11 yrs | 45.7-67.4 | 12.6-18.8 | 47.3-71.5 | 13.2-18.9 |
| 11-12 yrs | 45.5-66.3 | 12.4-18.6 | 50.6-88.8 | 14.9-25.3 |
| 12-13 yrs | 43.6-56.6 | 11.7-17.4 | 46.3-73.6 | 13.1-22.1 |
| 13-14 yrs | 42.6-84.5 | 11.2-23.9 | 44.1-65.3 | 11.9-18.2 |
| 14-15 yrs | 40.7-89.3 | 10.9-25.6 | 35.3-52.5 | 8.7-17.6 |
| 15-16 yrs | 35.4-84.3 | 9.8-22.2 | 26.5-48.8 | 5.1-14.9 |
| 16-17 yrs | 28.8-68.3 | 7.1-18.7 | 19.6-37.1 | 3.0-9.4 |
| Adult | 5.0-21.8 | 0.4-6.4 | pre-menopause 20-39yrs: 7.8-20.4 | 1.8-6.4 |
| pre-menopause >40 yrs: 8.1-21.2 | 2.1-6.7 | |||
| post-menopause: 7.1-31.8 | 1.5-8.6 | |||