On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:57:17 -0400, "Ed Huntress"
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On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:43:09 -0400, "Josepi"
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Anybody got a Canadian equivalent of those sugar readings? Ou scales go
from
about 4.0 to 20-30.


Funny the Canucks always use different scales for all medical reading than
the US does.

Must have something to do with the weird gallon they use...LOL


It's the Yanks that use strange numbers. When the rest of the world
still used gallons, it was only the USA that used the "short" gallon -
and now that the rest of the world has gone metric, it is basically
ONLY the US that is holding out using their "weird" measurement
system.

Why would it matter?


The USA uses mg/dl, the rest of the world uses mmol - and to convert
mg/dl to mmol you devide by 18. To convert mmol to mg/dl you multiply
by 18

mmol is milimole per liter.
mg/dl is .01 grams per liter.

Approx .18 grams/mmol

Most of the research on both blood diseases and diabetes was done in the US,
and the system of measurement we use for blood glucose concentration is
indeed metric -- mg/dl.

It was a Canadian who "discovered" insulin.

What we tend to avoid for consumer use is SI units -- in this case,
millimoles per liter. Most countries around the world have one or more
objections to SI, so you're unlikely to find a "pure" SI system anywhere. In
Canada, the Porsche Cayman R is advertised as having an engine that produces
330 horsepower, not 246 kilowatts. The Audi S6 sold in Canada is advertised
as producing 398 lb-ft of torque at 3000 rpm, not 540 Newton-meters.

WHO is it that has the mixed system? g