Hi,

I spent some time at the University of Toronto bookstore, looking at clinical diagnostic texts for information on blood lipoproteins, and blood test interpretation.

Can someone please explain the units conversion to me?

For example, my overall cholesterol is 5.39, but I notice that people posting numbers here are using units that involve much larger numbers.

An explanation would be most welcome!

Thanks,

Rob Yale

Hi Rob,

The Americans use mg/dL as opposed to mmol/L.

Here is a previous thread which explains the conversion formula.

Cheers.

Rosebud

For the first time I went to a Pathology outfit and had a BGL test. They also did a lipid test.

Hi chol! result--6.3 and LDL 4.5

Translation?

(This result and father-in-law's recent cardio ops to unblock plumbing are why I'm on my first ever diet).

HDL and triglycerides are needed for the complete picture.

In the meantime, have a look at this post:

http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthre...7491#post337491

Karen

I went to that thread and converted the 6.3 figure over to :::<br>243.24


<P>Hmmm.