Americans like to differ from Canadians. I like to think of it that way. They choose to be different. They like to complicate things. Like measurements. Does it makes sense to have 8 of something or 12? Or does it make more sense to measure in incriments of 10? What's up with the miles too? Why not just stick with good old kilometers? See what I mean? (For all my American friends out there - love ya!)But no, really. In measuring blood glucose readings, of course we differ. Why be like the rest of the world? Let's be different and make up all kinds of new ways to measure things. For fun. To confuse our "little brother" to the north. Us Canadians are pretty laid back. We just do what we are told. If the world mainly measures in KMs so do we. If they weigh in KGs so do we.
Ok, ok. I think I made my point. US and Canada differ in our "scales". So when T1 diabetics over the border test their BG, their readings are in mg/dL (milligrams per deciliter) while we measure our BG in Canada by mmol/L (Millimoles per liter). A recent comment on my blog gave me the idea to post this here - as a reference for everyone.
(Sorry if I hurt anyone's feelings - I love Americans... really I do!)
Blood Sugar Conversion chart
USA - CANADA
mg/dl-mmol/L
Low
30-1.7
40-2.2
50-2.8
60-3.3
Normal Blood Sugar
70-3.9
80-4.4
90-5.0
100 5.5
110-6.1
120-6.7
125-6.9
Still okay, but creeping up
126-7.0
140-7.8
155-8.6
160-8.9
On the high side
175-9.7
190-10.6
200-11.1
250-13.9
300-16.7
So high, one should really re-evaluate what sequence of events led to this (*cough* Rebeca) commence considerations to break-up with cereal
400-22.2
500-27.7
600-33.3
600? Yeah, ouch to infinity!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHere the docs are pretty happy with 4-9, but me thinks that 4-9 won't deliver an a1c of 6.5 huh?
(and I think it's a x18 equation to get to the US measurement?)