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Message: <blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 1723850" data-attributes="member: 12578">A meter from England is in mml/lSo as already said 7mml/l is 126mg/dl (7x18)BUTThough they use a mg/dl meter the French read the results in g/l not mg/dl so you need to put in a decimal point before the last 2 figures.1,26 g/l is the same as 7mml/l.1g/l as used in France is the same as 5.5mmol/l on an English meter (100/18)2g/l is about  the same as 11mml/lA hypo is below about 0.72 g/LCalculation is (reading in mmol x 18)/100Write down the result and remember that the French often use a comma not a full stop when they write decimal figures.Your doctor is not surprisingly confused since 7g/l would be sky high( almost 39mmol/l ) and I doubt you would be sitting in her office at that level</blockquote>

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