Dr.PeteFamMed said:

The useful move here is to separate what is established from what is widely repeated.

Same pattern here, and in the same order.

DoseLogDan said:

Say what you would expect to see if you were wrong, before you look.

Adding the part of the answer the thread has not reached. It helps to say which part of this you are uncertain about. A precise question gets a precise answer; a general one gets everybody’s favourite anecdote.

Ask again with the specifics and you will get a better answer than this one.

One concrete data point for the thread. 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.

One thing that is still open after DoseLogDan’s answer:

How would you tell the difference between that and the alternative explanation?

Moderator note: a couple of off-topic posts removed. Tagging this one for the weekly digest.