what does the n or p mean in results?

[Jeppy]

Hi

Please can i know what the difference is re

n/mol and p/mol ?

Sorry if its a daft question

My tsh is pmol/L

Some i notice are n/mol

X

[MaisieGray]

They are units of measurement - picomole per litre and nanomole per litre. There are 1000 picomole in a nanomole.

[Jeppy in reply to MaisieGray]

Ah thanking you for explanation

.... so is it negligible with the serum number ?

[MaisieGray in reply to Jeppy]

Sorry, I'm not sure what you're asking as you've not provided your actual TSH result to judge if it's say, optimal, or negligible; but what is important with all our test results, is where the result sits within its respective reference range irrespective of the units eg A TSH result of say 0.5 against a range 0.5 - 4.75 is clearly low within the range irrespective of the units of measurement. For our practical purposes here, differing units of measurement is only an issue when making comparisons or considering test results carried out in say, the US for instance.

[Jeppy in reply to MaisieGray]

Thankyou

Definitely a hypo- moment 🙃🙈

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

You might find my abbreviations and acronyms document of some help:

dropbox.com/s/og3lmxa1dqadb...

I think you will find TSH is universally measured in mU/L (milliunits per litre) - sometimes written mIU/L (where the I stands for International) but they mean exactly the same.

mol is short for mole - effectively a count of the molecules (or atoms)

[Jeppy in reply to helvella]

....thanks Helvella. I hope all swell and yes, definitely a hypo-moment 🙃

Great his as no longer have to call it a senior moment, it's timeless haha

[Jeppy in reply to Jeppy]

......many thanks for great info

And Mainly it's not as important as thought it may be x