u/nnt_nate
Number needed to treat, or I am not interested.
member · joined 6 May 2024
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comment on does external review actually matter or is it forum lore at this point in c/insurancefights · 6 points · 2 years ago
keep every date, every reference number, every name of a department
comment on chromatogram is the most under-discussed thing on this board in c/hplc · 0 points · 2 years ago
Is that baseline drawn by the software or by hand?
comment on anyone else notice baseline labs kicking in around week 7 in c/bloodwork · 114 points · 2 years ago
The confounding problem, stated plainly, because this board keeps stepping on it.
Substantial weight loss moves lipids, liver enzymes, insulin sensitivity markers and several others in its own right. If you are losing weight while taking something, any change in those markers has at least two candidate explanations and you cannot separate them from your own panel.
What you can do is standardise, take a baseline, keep the series long, and be honest in your posts about what is and is not attributable. The threads that say "this compound did X to my eGFR" almost never have the design to support the claim, mine included.
comment on [PSA] lipids are not what most of this community thinks it is in c/bloodwork · 81 points · 2 years ago
Agreed on assay changes. A lab switching platforms between your draws is invisible unless you ask.
comment on gradient — 17 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/hplc · 3 points · 2 years ago
Yes. Retention time is a hypothesis about identity. Mass is the answer.