Understanding mg/dl and mmo/L

[Annemarie]

Probably a stupid question but I confuse easily although I’m trying to learn, however, the main thing I keep learning is how much I don’t have a clue about. Can anyone explain the difference between mg/dl and mmo/L please?

 

[Kaylz]

mg/dl is the measurement used in the USA mainly although other places do use it too such as Spain, to convert a mg/dl reading into our UK mmol/L reading you divide it by 18 xx

 

[Eddy Edson]

Probably a stupid question but I confuse easily although I’m trying to learn, however, the main thing I keep learning is how much I don’t have a clue about. Can anyone explain the difference between mg/dl and mmo/L please?

Two different scales for the same thing. The US and other places use mg/dl mostly, the UK uses mmol/L.

The conversion factor depends on what you're measuring, but for blood glucose, 1 mmol/L = 18 mg/dl. So eg if you see somebody on a US site saying their BG is 144 mg/dL, that's the same as (144 / 18) = 8.0 mmol/L.

 

[Annemarie]

Thank you both! That's another new learning I can tick off!