Males on this list might be interested to know that Prostrate Specific Antigen (PSA) is measured in micrograms per deciliter. Mine is measured every six months.
---- Original message ---- >Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:39:29 -0600 >From: James Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [USMA:40226] Re: We need your comments on the Alcoholic Beverages >Proposal >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > >One might consider grams per deciliter. Numerically that is the same as >"percentage"--but neither by volume nor by mass, of course. It is, >however, the compound unit in which blood alcohol content (BAC) is >measured. Diabetics are used to measuring their serum sugar levels in >milligrams per deciliter ("milligram percent" it is called...shudder!), >though most do not know this. If the content of the bottle or can were >also given in deciliters even a middle-schooler (sober of course) could >calculate the total alcohol content in grams in the container. > >If strict "percentage by volume" is desired, then of course one would >use milliliters per deciliter. I believe that wines and spirits are >measured in those terms. > >Jim
