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I think that too many of us are too prone to try to interpret our blood results. There is a normal range for all readings and if it stays within 10% of normal, I wouldn't get too excited. As well, conclusions should never be interprted on there own, esp. liver profile where the interaction between the readinds, not the readings themselves, tell the storey.
For example, Alk. Phos. and ALK are very suseptable to higher reading if you have wine the day before the draw, if you are on neupogen, if you have a bone injury, etc.
Another example is: I used to get excited because Linda always seems to have high uric acid in conjunction with normal creatine; that was until I discovered that one of the by-products of cancer cell distruction is uric acid.
The key is to look for a pattern, interaction and DON't panic over isolated readings in the normal or high-normal area. A pattern = 3 or more readings.
regards,
Al
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