What do these results mean

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i had a rather delayed diabetes checkup where they did a full blood work

everything came back ok except for liver, doctors want to see me in a month so currently getting stressed (hopefully over nothing)

my results are below

Liver function tests

Serum alanine aminotransferase level 71 u/L [0.0 - 45.0]

Above high reference limit

Serum bilirubin level 4 umol/L [0.0 - 21.0]

Alkaline phosphatase level 76 u/L [30.0 - 130.0]

Serum albumin level 41 g/L [35.0 - 50.0]

Serum lipid levels

Serum cholesterol level 4.8 mmol/L

Serum triglyceride levels 2.67 mmol/L [0.4 - 1.8]

Above high reference limit

Serum HDL cholesterol level 1.0 mmol/L

Serum non high density lipoprotein cholesterol level 3.8 mmol/L

Serum LDL cholesterol level 2.6 mmol/L

NB the calculation of LDL is valid only for a

fasting sample.

Serum cholesterol/HDL ratio 4.8

Urea and electrolytes

Serum sodium level 144 mmol/L [133.0 - 146.0]

Serum potassium level 4.0 mmol/L [3.5 - 5.3]

Serum urea level 4.3 mmol/L [2.5 - 7.8]

Serum creatinine level 65 umol/L [70.0 - 120.0]

Below low reference limit

EGFR BY EPI

eGFR using creatinine (CKD-EPI) per 1.73 square metres > 90 mL/min

any ideas?

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    Hello. Did you follow up with your doctor regarding your irregular liver function test? I'm curious what you found out.

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