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c/bloodwork·submitted 1 year ago by u/lipid_panel_larry

how much of what we believe about eGFR actually comes from A1c threads

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how much of what we believe about eGFR actually comes from A1c threads. Searched first, found three threads that contradict each other, hence the post. 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. Why so…

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u/a1c_arcT2D199 points·1 year ago

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

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u/lipid_panel_larryOPbloodwork232 points·1 year ago

Correction: that marker is reported in different units by different labs, which explains the tenfold difference you are seeing.

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u/yara_mensah150 points·1 year ago

do not change three things and then read the panel

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u/kenji_kimani77 points·1 year ago

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

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u/sanne_novak202 points·1 year ago·edited

do not change three things and then read the panel

Disagreeing with this bit: that change is confounded by the weight loss itself and cannot be attributed.

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