raj_cambridge said:One habit that pays for itself: post the method alongside the number.
I do not accept the framing. The question has been narrowed to the version that has a tidy answer, and the part that was dropped is the part the OP actually asked about.
Closing the loop on my own question.
Closing this out. What actually changed my mind was the point about waiting for a trend instead of reading a single measurement, which is embarrassing in hindsight and worth saying anyway.
raj_cambridge said:One habit that pays for itself: post the method alongside the number.
This answered a question I did not know how to ask. Taking it to my next appointment.
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Browse GL BiochemAdding the clinical framing, because it changes how the question reads. The mechanism and the magnitude are separate questions. Agreeing that something happens says nothing about whether it happens enough to act on.
Dr.ObesityLA said:The mechanism and the magnitude are separate questions.
Same pattern here, and in the same order. Posting only so the count is not one.