From the other side of the consultation, briefly. It helps to ask what evidence would change your mind before you look at any. If nothing would, the discussion is not about evidence, and it is better to say so early than to spend nine posts discovering it.

Dr.PeteFamMed said:

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

Thank you — that is the clearest version of this I have read, and I have read a lot of them. Taking it to my next appointment.

Clinical perspective, offered as context rather than as advice. The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person. Both are real; they answer different questions and get quoted as if they were the same one.

paige_pharma said:

The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person.

Same pattern here, and in the same order. Posting only so the count is not one.

Moderator note: leaving this open. It is being argued well and the disagreement is the useful part.