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c/bloodwork·submitted 6 months ago by u/chidi_abubakar

week 71 check-in — 23kg down, muscle cramps manageable, one thing confusing me

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week 71 check-in — 23kg down, muscle cramps manageable, one thing confusing me. Posting the boring middle of the process, because the internet is full of the start and the end and nothing else. To save the first four comments: week 71 and 23kg. The confounding problem, stated plainly, because this board keeps…

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u/elin_varga81 points·6 months ago

Agreed on assay changes. A lab switching platforms between your draws is invisible unless you ask.

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u/liver_enzyme_liz39 points·6 months ago

Careful — that is a question for whoever ordered the panel, and nobody in this thread can answer it responsibly.

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u/kaia_kuusela32 points·6 months ago

That is a non-fasting value and the interval you are comparing it against is a fasting one.

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u/a1c_arcMOD42 points·6 months ago

Left up. It is a question about how to compare panels, not a request for interpretation.

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u/skip_week_sceptic11 points·6 months ago

This. Reference ranges are population intervals, not targets, and conflating them causes a lot of unnecessary alarm here.

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u/santiago_rasmussen12 points·6 months ago

ApoB counts atherogenic particles rather than the cholesterol they carry, which is why it can diverge from LDL-C and why it is the addition most worth making.

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u/neha_rahimi18 points·6 months ago

fasting state and time of day change more than people expect

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