QUESTION:
I'm hoping you can help me clear up the confusion of converting mU/L to nmol/L for Prolactin in the ODX Platform. I tried a few combos online and I'm getting different numbers.
I have a level I'm looking at of 217 mU/L and through conversion I have a result of 1.507065 nmol/L. I'd like to see if that is accurate because it is quite a high level.
ANSWER:
Dr. Weatherby recorded a short video walking you through how to do this:
In order to do this conversion from mU/L to nmol/L, you are going to have to use 2 converters.
The first is https://unitslab.com/node/129 which you will use to convert mU/L (or mIU/L) into ng/ml.
- 217 mU/L is 10.199 ng/ml
Then you will have to go to the ODX calculator's page at this link: https://www.optimaldx.com/calculators/si-to-cu-units-converter?name=Prolactin&id=246
To convert ng/ml into nmol/L.
- 10.199 ng/ml is 0.443 nmol/L, which she can add to the software
Update
We have worked out a conversion factor that will take your result in mU/L and convert it straight into nmo/L for use in the ODX Software.
Simply multiply your mU/L result by 0.00204316 to get the result in nmol/L
In the example above, 217 mU/L X 0.00204316 = 0.4434 nmol/L, which can be added to the software.
We will add this as a drop-down on the data entry page to do this conversion for you.