Thank you.  I had apparently thrown out the insert from my recent box
of strips.  

Thanks to Jenny & Uncle E.

I did write a note to the Relion Folks.  Apparently they have not
updated the information provided to their P/R people as this was my
reply:

Laura,
Thank you for contacting ReliOn® Customer Service.  ReliOn® Ultima is
calibrated for whole blood.  As far as the variance, please contact
our manufacturer directly at 800.992.3612 for this question.  Please
let us know if we can be of further assistance.

Thanks for your support,
ReliOn® Customer Service

I purchased a new box tonight and after deciphering the information
for physicians, I gathered that they calibrate on plasma using the
1.12 x whole blood to get the plasma number.

Very frustrating.  I am thinking of getting another meter for periodic
double checks.  Since my fasting numbers never rate a second glance, I
can't get a prescription, so this is out of pocket, and those other
brands are incredible in price.

We appear to live in a world that punishes proactive patients.  When I
quit smoking a few years back, when nicotine patches and gum were
still prescription, my doc had to fudge the diagnosis for zyban by
calling it treatment for depression (which was part of the package, so
it wasn't completely untrue) and ordering generic welbutrin.  Worked
well enough, though I had to abandon the med after a month because of
heart racing (which I now think was hyperthyroid).  Fortunately, it
had done the trick.

I guess somehow in thier infinite wisdom, the insurers prefer to pay
for the after affects of disease, rather than promote prevention.