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Hi @elisabeth007 - A description of the CTX test is here https://www.mayocliniclabs.com/test-catalog/overview/83175#Clinical-and-Interpretive. The ranges that are listed are based on the measurements of healthy people, about the middle 90%. It's not an optimal range, just a range where most health people reside.
Like @normahorn said, you really need to have both CTX and P1NP to get a good picture of what's going on. They are linked.
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I wonder if they do represent "healthy" people and how would that be defined. There is a person recognized as an expert who claimed she had identified the optimum thyroid levels for dogs by breed. However, this was based on analysis of samples submitted to her lab for analysis. Sounds good until you realized that most dog owners only pay to have the thyroid tested if they, or their Vet, suspects there is something wrong. Some breed clubs may undertake a study where a cross section of dogs are tested but that may be the exception,
I believe it was WindyShores whose endo stated that bone markers are complex and that there could be a whole conference dedicated to this subject. If that is true, I think only a fool would think one of us has all the answers regarding interpretation of results.