Converting European Medical Numbers to USA values.

[mattsh]

If you've had blood tests in the USA and later here in Ukraine, you know the frustration.  The numbers you're so familiar in the states are not used here.  Instead you get a set of numbers that are meaningless.  To you, that is.  Here's how to convert those numbers into something you can relate to.  This conversion works when the USA number is measured in milligrams per deciliter.

1.  Confirm that the USA readings you're familiar with are milligrams per deciliter.  mg/dl
2.  Make sure the local numbers are expressed in millimole per liter. 
3.  Take the local numbers and multiply by 38.67.
4.  The result will be the same as if you took these tests in the states. 

I believe this conversion is accurate.  More information is also listed here...

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cholesterol-levels/CL00001

[phasar]

Interesting... but does anyone know how to cross reference blood types?

We use the ABO blood group system. A, B, AB & O

Russia, the Ukraine, and all former USSR countries use the Janský system I, II, III, IV

[SteveH]

I Got this from Wikipedia,so Do Not accept it as Gospel,it may be Factual but could Cost You your life if it is not

"In the former USSR blood types are referenced using numbers and Roman numerals instead of letters. This is Janský's original classification of blood types. It designates the blood types of humans as I, II, III, and IV, which are elsewhere designated, respectively, as O, A, B, and AB."

[phasar]

COOL! So I've got II+ 

[SteveH]

And i Have I- 

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