On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 19:23:05 -0400, Don Wiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Keith Thomas asked about converting cholesterol numbers. >To convert into the Americans' units, divide any >cholesterol type by 0.0259, and TG by 0.0113. > >[log in to unmask] writes: > > TC 347 > > LDL 239 > > HDL 99 > > VLDL 8 > > TG 41 > >So using these factors they become: >TC 8.99 >LDL 6.19 >HDL 2.56 >VLDL 0.21 >TG 0.46 > >Also this formula is useful for American units: >TC = HDL + LDL + (TG / 5) > >In mrakov's case we get: >347 = 99 + 239 + (41 / 5) > >Don. Thanks, Don. The Australian and UK standard uses millimols per litre (mmol/L). The normal values here for males are: LDL 2.0-3.4 mmol/L HDL 0.9-2.0 mmol/L Now, although there is no suggestion that 'normal' is an indication of healthiness or anything other than a statistical mean, on this basis Mrakov's readouts were well outside our 'normal'. Do you have to hand the US norms for these two key measures? Keith