From: Dr. Neal Pinckney (ip64-75-190-159.dial.aloha.net)
Subject: Converting US and the rest of the world's cholesterol measurements
Date: January 16, 2002 at 12:16 pm PST

In Reply to: Re: Why is my cholesterol level so high? :( posted by mfbungay on January 16, 2002 at 8:10 am:

A different unit of measure is used in the U.S.A. (mg/dl) and much of the rest of the world (mm/l). They can easily be converted:

To change from mm/l to the mg/dl (the US measure), multiply by 34.5.

To change from mg/dl (the US measure) to mm/l multiply by 0.029

The most compelling research and clinical studies indicates that one should keep one's cholesterol under 150 mg/dl (US) or 4.35 mm/l.