US to European Diabetes Blood Sugar Conversion: A Simple Guide

The United States uses a different measurement system for representing the amount of glucose in the blood as compared to the rest of the world. The measurement is necessary for patients with diabetes so that they can monitor their glucose levels. The conversion is extremely easy to do and may be relevant as the entire world represents these important readings with completely different numbers.

Things You'll Need

• Calculator
• Writing Implement
• Paper

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Instructions

Obtain the US Reading

• 1

  Test your blood and obtain the US reading. The number that you will get will be in the unit mg/dL. This stands for milligrams per deciliter.

• 2

  Know that the international unit is mmol/l. This stands for millimoles per liter.

• 3

  Convert mg/dL to mmol/l by dividing the mg/dL by 18 or multiplying the mg/dl by .055. The result is the US reading converted to International. To convert the International number to the US system, multiply the mmol/l by 18.