Dr.BariatricHTX said:

Whatever the answer turns out to be, the method for getting there is the same: state the assumption, do the arithmetic in public, and invite the…

Adding the part of the answer the thread has not reached. 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.

The figures, for anyone assembling their own picture. Worth stating the units and the reference range whenever you post a number here. A large fraction of the apparent disagreement in these threads is two people using different units and both being right.

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

Following on from Dr.BariatricHTX — and this may be the naive question:

What would you measure differently if you were starting again?

TirzTom said:

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

I am going to disagree with the direction of travel here. The thread has converged on the tidiest answer rather than the best-supported one, and those are not the same thing.

TirzTom said:

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

Agreed, with the usual condition: that holds for the average and this board is a collection of individuals. A population claim and a personal prediction are different things and get quoted interchangeably.

Happy to go further on any of that.