{"id":"neutrophils-absolute","name":"Neutrophils (Absolute)","shortName":"Neutrophils (abs)","aliases":["ANC","Absolute Neutrophils","Absolute Neutrophil Count","Neut#","Neutrophil Abs","Segs (Absolute)","Neutrophils #","Neutrophils Abs","Neutrophil count","Neutrophils, Absolute","Neutrophils, Abs","Neutrophils (Abs)","Neutrophil, Absolute","Neutrophil Absolute Count","Abs Neutrophils","Abs Neut","Total Neutrophil Number","Segmented Neutrophils (Absolute)","Neutrófilos absolutos","Neutrófilos (absoluto)","Neutrophile Granulozyten absolut","Polynucléaires neutrophiles"],"abbreviations":["ANC","Neut#","NEUT#"],"loinc":[{"code":"751-8","primary":true},{"code":"26499-4","primary":false},{"code":"753-4","primary":false},{"code":"30451-9","primary":false},{"code":"768-2","primary":false}],"specimen":"whole-blood","units":[{"ucum":"10*3/uL","display":"×10³/µL"},{"ucum":"10*9/L","display":"×10⁹/L"},{"ucum":"/uL","display":"cells/µL"}],"referenceRanges":[{"population":"13+","low":1.4,"high":7,"unit":"10*3/uL","unitDisplay":"×10³/µL","note":"Labcorp's interval for everyone aged 13 and over. It was printed unchanged for both sexes on Labcorp sample reports, and no sex split is published. Other labs publish different intervals: Mayo Clinic Laboratories 1.56–6.45 (adults, both sexes), ARUP 2.0–7.4 (age 18 and over), a New Zealand regional lab 1.9–7.5 (age 16 and over) and a hematology textbook, which gives about 2 to 7.7 for adults. People with the Duffy-null variant usually have lower counts with no extra infection risk. One single-centre study of Duffy-null adults proposed an interval of 1.21–5.39, against 1.92–7.60 for that centre's standard interval.","sources":[{"title":"Critical Values: critical (panic) limits with adult and pediatric reference intervals","url":"https://www.labcorp.com/content/dam/labcorp/drupal/811850_DX_TL_Critical(Panic)Values011924_FINAL.pdf","publisher":"Labcorp","year":2024},{"title":"CBC With Differential/Platelet, sample patient report (test 005009)","url":"https://files.labcorp.com/testmenu-d8/sample_reports/005009.pdf","publisher":"Labcorp"},{"title":"Complete Blood Cell Count (CBC) with Differential, Blood (test ID CBC)","url":"https://www.mayocliniclabs.com/test-catalog/overview/9109","publisher":"Mayo Clinic Laboratories"},{"title":"CBC with Platelet Count and Automated Differential (test 0040003), hotline effective March 1, 2021","url":"https://ltd.aruplab.com/api/ltd/hotline/0040003/44232","publisher":"ARUP Laboratories","year":2021},{"title":"CBC reference intervals (HEM-2597.01)","url":"https://lab.waikatodhb.health.nz/assets/test-attachments/230/CBC-reference-intervals.pdf","publisher":"Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand, Waikato","year":2024},{"title":"Nonmalignant leukocyte disorders (Rodak's Hematology, 6th edition)","url":"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7151933/","publisher":"Elsevier","year":2019},{"title":"Validating and Developing Duffy Null Specific Absolute Neutrophil Count Reference Ranges for Adults and Pediatrics","url":"https://www.hematology.org/-/media/hematology/files/dei/duffy-null/validating-and-developing-duffy-null-specific-absolute-neutrophil-count-reference-ranges.pdf","publisher":"American Society of Hematology","year":2023},{"title":"Absolute neutrophil count by Duffy status among healthy Black and African American adults","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35994632/","publisher":"Blood Advances","year":2023},{"title":"Development of Duffy Null-Specific Absolute Neutrophil Count Reference Ranges","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37338884/","publisher":"JAMA","year":2023}]}],"review":{"status":"ai-draft","label":"AI-drafted. Awaiting verification","lastReviewed":"2026-10-03"},"summary":"The number of neutrophils in a microliter of blood. Neutrophils are your most common white blood cell and a first line of defense against germs.","url":"https://bloodtesttracker.com/markers/neutrophils-absolute","notice":"Information, not medical advice. Ranges differ between labs, so the range on your own report is the one your result is judged against."}