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Sedimentation Ratemm/hr

ESR measures how fast red cells settle in a tube. It rises slowly with inflammation and stays up longer than CRP.

See your own Sedimentation Rate on its range.

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What Sedimentation Rate measures

ESR measures how fast red cells settle in a tube. It rises slowly with inflammation and stays up longer than CRP.

If your Sedimentation Rate is low

Low ESR is the expected state.

Worth asking your clinician: Nothing specific.

If your Sedimentation Rate is high

ESR above the range reflects inflammation, but it also rises with age, anemia, pregnancy and higher immune protein levels.

Commonly associated with

Worth asking your clinician: How CRP and the CBC look alongside it.

Typical reference range

GroupTypical range
Women0 – 32 mm/hr
Men0 – 15 mm/hr

Typical adult values used by many US labs. Your own report prints the range your lab validated for its method, and that range is the one that counts. Labwise always uses the printed range first.

If it is within range

Your sedimentation rate is within the range printed by your lab.

Also listed as

Sedimentation Rate-Westergren, Sed Rate, ESR, Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate, Sedimentation Rate, Westergren, Sed Rate, Westergren

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This page is general information about what a laboratory test measures and what results outside a reference range are commonly associated with. It is not medical advice, does not diagnose any condition and does not replace your clinician. Discuss your results with your healthcare provider.