the baseline labs thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down
the baseline labs thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down. Making the case below, and I expect to lose some of it in the comments. Added ApoB to the panel after a thread here. It told me something the standard lipid panel had been hiding. My ApoB moved and I spent a fortnight convinced I knew why.…
Different laboratories use different assay platforms with different calibration. Comparing across labs adds a systematic offset that is invisible on the report.
Did anything else change in that window — training, intake, hydration?
Small fix — a reference interval is not a treatment target, and the post above uses them interchangeably.
Substantial weight loss independently moves lipids, liver enzymes and several other markers. Attributing a change to a compound while losing weight is confounded by design.
the trend line matters more than any single value
Correction: that marker is reported in different units by different labs, which explains the tenfold difference you are seeing.
Took a baseline the week before starting purely because this board told me to. Best five minutes I have spent on this.
That is a non-fasting value and the interval you are comparing it against is a fasting one.