Uric Acid Unit Converter

In short Uric Acid is reported in mg/dL in some countries and µmol/L in others, and the two are related by a fixed factor: 1 mg/dL = 59.4845 µmol/L, so to go the other way you divide by 0.0168111. 6.0 mg/dL is 357 µmol/L; 6.8 mg/dL is 404 µmol/L; 7.0 mg/dL is 416 µmol/L. The factor is not arbitrary — it comes from the molar mass, because uric acid has a molar mass of 168.11 g/mol, and that is why every analyte has its own factor rather than one shared conversion. Uric acid is followed over time far more than most results — anyone managing gout is comparing this month's number with last year's — and the two unit systems make that comparison impossible without converting. 6.8 mg/dL and 404 µmol/L are the same figure, and it is the number most often quoted as the saturation point of urate in serum. This converts units. It does not interpret results, does not compare your value against a reference interval, and is not a substitute for the clinician who ordered the test — reference intervals differ between laboratories, methods and populations.