Standardized by the American Diabetes Association.
Posted By: k on 2007-05-21
In Reply to: Why question - just curious - karen
Subject: Standardized by the American Diabetes Association.
My guess is that people were probably doing it both ways, and so to just make it easier, they picked the one that was easier to read.
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