Uk And Us Measurements

[Buddy]

I really appreciate this forum making conversations about this disease (Type 1 for 68 years) to be both recognized and discussed. I am looking for a formula to equate the glucose measurements I see here with the ones that I am familiar with. Units of insulin, A1c values etc.

 

[JohnEGreen]

Hi @Buddy And welcome to the forum. To convert from USA to UK divide by 18 to go from UK to USA measurements multiply by 18 quite straight foreword really.

 

[Rokaab]

For the blood glucose values from home testing there are all the details on this page: https://www.diabetes.co.uk/blood-sugar-converter.html
But in essence what you want is:

• Formula to calculate mmol/l (UK) from mg/dl (US): mmol/l = mg/dl / 18
• Formula to calculate mg/dl(US) from mmol/l (UK): mg/dl = 18 × mmol/l

HbA1c conversions (from percent values to IFCC(mmol/mol) values) are here: https://www.diabetes.co.uk/downloads/HbA1c-units-conversion-chart.pdf

Edit: I type too slow.

 

[Antje77]

 

[Antje77]

Oh, and units of insulin are the same

 

[JohnEGreen]

Oh, and units of insulin are the same

Now that's something I was unaware of being T something or other and not on insulin.

 

[tom58]

France, the USA and some other countries use mg/dl for blood sugar. Having used both I prefer the mg/dl system and think of it as showing the percentage of blood sugar; 50mg/dl or 50%, half; 200mg/dl or200%, twice as much; 100mg/dl or 100%, spot on.