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Thanks for the info! I'm not especially concerned, I just didn't understand that gap.
No problem. Lab result ranges can get confusing especially if you get lab work done at a variety of different places.
For the record, the reason those ranges are different is actually a regulatory thing and not arbitrary. Labs are required to base their normal ranges on some kind of statistical sampling of their own lab results so that their normal ranges more accurately reflect the population of people who tend to use that particular lab and the particular equipment in use at that lab.
Not important information really, just something I found fascinating when I learned it.
https://www.everlywell.com/blog/news-and-info/variability-in-lab-testing/#:~:text=Each%20lab%20must%20define%20its,vary%20from%20lab%20to%20lab.