Cholesterol Profile Conversion

The units commonly used to express blood serum concentrations of lipids differ from one country to another.
While the US generally use milligrams/decilitre, other countries, including New Zealand, use millimoles/litre.

The conversion factors are:

  • For total, HDL and LDL cholesterols: 1 mmol/litre = 38.6698 mg/dL

  • For triglycerides: 1 mmol/litre = 88.5740 mg/dL

The ratio of total cholesterol to HDL is independent of the units.

Conversion :

Total cholesterol :

mmol/L

Triglycerides :

mmol/L

HDL cholesterol :

mmol/L

LDL cholesterol :

mmol/L