what would you tell week-1 you about ALT
Genuine question, and the title is the question: what would you tell week-1 you about ALT.
Panicked about a single result, posted here, got told to repeat it, repeated it, and it was fine.
Tracked triglycerides against the weight trend for a year. The correlation was much weaker than I expected and that was worth knowing.
Draw at the same point in the week now, fasting, same lab. The noise dropped enormously once I standardised.
That is everything I have. The rest is opinion and I have tried to keep it out.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Time of day, fasting state, hydration and recent exercise all move common markers. Standardising the draw conditions is free and it removes most of the apparent variability.
Is that the same assay, or did the lab change platforms?
Small fix — a reference interval is not a treatment target, and the post above uses them interchangeably.
Correction: that marker is reported in different units by different labs, which explains the tenfold difference you are seeing.
same lab, same conditions, or you are comparing noise
That comparison crosses two labs with different assays. The difference you are describing may be the method.
How many weeks between the two measurements?
Have you taken this to whoever ordered it?
Have you taken this to whoever ordered it?
This is the sentence to read before anybody panics about a single value.
Disagree with reading anything into that. One value, one morning, and you changed two other things in the same window.
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