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

[Discussion] can we stop arguing about lipids until somebody posts a number

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Asking properly rather than in a comment on somebody else’s thread: can we stop arguing about lipids until somebody posts a number. 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. My ApoB moved…

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u/coldchain_karencold chain125 points·1 year ago

Nobody here can interpret your panel and this comment is not doing so. What a board can usefully do is help you ask better questions of somebody who can.

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u/anya_rautio98 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/noor_cardoso52 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/intent_to_treat24 points·1 year ago

lab reference ranges are not treatment targets

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