LindaRN_retired said:Liver imaging follow-up for liver and MASH: FibroScan at baseline showed CAP score 313 dB/m (moderate steatosis) and stiffness 9.8 kPa (possible…
Saving this. It is the first explanation that did not require me to already understand it.
Adding the clinical framing, because it changes how the question reads. There is a difference between no evidence and evidence of no effect, and this subject is one where the two get swapped freely in both directions.
BariatricNurseD said:Liver enzyme update related to liver and MASH: I had mildly elevated ALT/AST at baseline (likely NAFLD).
This is where I part company with the consensus forming above. I think the framing smuggles in the conclusion. Ask it the other way round and the obvious answer reverses, which usually means the question is doing the work.
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Shop Reference StandardsAdding the numbers, since they settle part of this. 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.
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