hank_denver said:

Worth stating the units and the reference range whenever you post a number here.

I read this differently from hank_denver, on substance rather than tone. Filing an objection on the n=1 problem. Personal experience is genuine evidence about one person and very weak evidence about anybody else, and this thread keeps promoting the first into the second.

hank_denver said:

Worth stating the units and the reference range whenever you post a number here.

Correct as far as it goes. The part it does not cover is what to do when the honest answer is "not enough data", which is more often than anyone likes.

hank_denver said:

Worth stating the units and the reference range whenever you post a number here.

Genuinely useful, thank you. I had the facts and not the framework. Taking it to my next appointment.

Clinical perspective, offered as context rather than as advice. The version of this that has an answer is narrower than the version being asked. Narrow it and it becomes tractable; leave it broad and the thread will produce nine confident and incompatible replies.

I would rather be corrected than agreed with, if it comes to it.

Dr.CardioMD said:

The version of this that has an answer is narrower than the version being asked.

Same pattern here, and in the same order. Nothing to add that would improve it.