Category: Geriatrics
Keywords: erythrocyte sedimentation rate, sed rate, ESR (PubMed Search)
Posted: 10/4/2009 by Amal Mattu, MD (Updated: 3/4/2026) Click here to contact Amal Mattu, MD
The top-normal value for ESR (sed rate) increases with age, such that the top-normal ESR value = (age +10)/2. For example, if you were checking the ESR for evaluation of temporal iritis in an 80yo patient, the top normal value of his ESR is 45.
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