A 40-year-old member asked:
very low sgot, what could be the cause?
1 doctor answer
Dr. Ed Friedlander answered
44 years experience Pathology
Stop worrying: Labs set the reference ranges arbitrarily so that several percent of healthy people fall outside on either end. This is the right thing to do. Don't confuse them with "healthy ranges" or "normal ranges". A low SGOT is never a problem.
Answered on Jun 10, 2014
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No: Reference ranges are set so that several percent of healthy folks fallow above and several more percent fall below.
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