On Saturday, December 27, 2014 12:33:55 Martin Vlietstra wrote: > In some countries, blood sugar level is measured in mg/dL. I believe that > the use of dL rather than litres or mL is to avoid using decimal > separators. A blood level are typically in the range of 75 to 150 mg/dL. > This could be written as 0.75 to 1.5 mg/mL or 750 to 1500 mg/L. The first > of these has decimal separators and the second has a “surplus” zeros. The > same argument applies to the use of centimetres rather than metres for > people’s heights.
It is bad form to have deci- in the denominator (cg/L is better). It is not bad form to have centi- or deci- in the numerator. Pierre -- sei do'anai mi'a djuno puze'e noroi nalselganse srera
