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Originally Posted by slipperyelm  Actually, it is micrograms per deciliter on those USAmerican reported large numbers. | Milligrams per deciliter.
One mole of glucose is 180 g. One millimolar means 0.001 moles (180 milligrams) per liter... or 18 milligrams per tenth of a liter, a.k.a. deciliter.
1.0 mmol/L = 18 mg/dL  Quote:
Originally Posted by slipperyelm (I'm not sure how everything works in America either, Patrick. I live smack dab in the middle of it, and trying to figure it all out sometimes hurts my soul.  The units for that are not micro- or mili- anything, but mega-something.) | It's pretty simple, really: Avoid anything that resembles SI units, lest we be directly-compatible with the rest of the world. 
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Eddy
DXed 2007/04 = advanced-stage DKA, A1c of 12.9%, and BMI of 21.3
post-DX A1c = 5.4% @ 2008/07; 5.2% @ 2008/04; 5.3% @ 2007/12; 5.3% @ 2007/08
c-peptide = 0.0% @ 2008/07
current BMI = 26.0 (86kg on 182cm); want to get back to 23-24
basal = NPH and Levemir, ~35U daily (I really should start a thread)
bolus = 1:15 I:C ratio; varying mix of aspart, human R, human N
not a low-CHO eater... not even close!
last updated 2008/11/03
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