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

how much of what we believe about ferritin actually comes from bloodwork threads

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how much of what we believe about ferritin actually comes from bloodwork threads. I would rather ask a basic question now than get this wrong quietly for two months. Tracked fasting insulin against the weight trend for a year. The correlation was much weaker than I expected and that was worth knowing. How to make a…

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u/ferran_halonen-16 points·1 year ago

weight loss itself moves several of these independently

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u/tomas_kimani1 point·1 year ago

Correcting my own comment: the two draws were 6 weeks apart, not the figure I gave earlier.

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u/lipid_panel_larrybloodwork1 point·1 year ago

same lab, same conditions, or you are comparing noise

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u/ravi_sandvik1 point·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/blank_injection1 point·1 year ago

Same lab as the previous draw?

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