Dr.ReproEndo said:The honest answer is that the effect is real, the magnitude is contested, and the individual variation is larger than either.
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.
PurityPaulOR said:Liver imaging follow-up for liver and MASH: FibroScan at baseline showed CAP score 325 dB/m (moderate steatosis) and stiffness 9.8 kPa (possible…
That reframing is the part I needed.
Dr.ReproEndo said:The honest answer is that the effect is real, the magnitude is contested, and the individual variation is larger than either.
Filing a mild objection. Mild because I might be wrong; an objection because nobody has addressed the case that does not fit. 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.
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Shop Reference StandardsAdding the numbers, since they settle part of this. For anyone reading later: the numbers in this thread are worth checking against a primary source before you act on them, including mine. Half the figures circulating in this community trace back to a secondary summary that dropped a qualifier.