One thing that is still open after Dr.LeslieOBGYN’s answer:
Did your prescriber agree with that reading, and if not what was their objection?
Dr.CardioMD said:It is worth asking what the claim would look like if it were false.
This is where I part company with the consensus forming above. I would resist the confidence. Half of what this board was certain about two years ago has since been quietly dropped, and nobody went back to correct the threads.
Dr.CardioMD said:It is worth asking what the claim would look like if it were false.
That is right for the common case. Whether it is right for the case being asked about depends on a detail that has not been given.
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Shop Reference StandardsDr.CardioMD said:It is worth asking what the claim would look like if it were false.
Bookmarking. The distinction being drawn above is the one nobody else makes.
Adding the clinical framing, because it changes how the question reads. Start from the measurement rather than the conclusion. Almost every disagreement here turns out to be two people measuring different things and comparing the numbers anyway.
Correct me if the detail matters more than I have assumed.