Following on from andrew_nyc — and this may be the naive question:
Was that from a primary source or from a summary of one?
jason_paloalto said:The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person.
Pushing back on jason_paloalto here. 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.
jason_paloalto said:The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person.
Agreed on the substance. I would put less weight on the timescale, because two months of anything is not enough to distinguish a trend from a wobble.
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Browse GL Biochemjason_paloalto said:The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person.
Bookmarking. The distinction being drawn above is the one nobody else makes. Taking it to my next appointment.
Clinical perspective, offered as context rather than as advice. 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.