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c/bloodwork·submitted 1 months ago by u/diego_sorensen

[Discussion] we are measuring A1c at the wrong time and calling it noise

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we are measuring A1c at the wrong time and calling it noise, and I am aware this is a minority view on this board. Compared two draws across two labs and spent a week worrying before finding out the assays were different. Took a baseline the week before starting purely because this board told me to. Best five minutes…

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u/skip_week_sceptic16 points·1 months ago

Same view — ApoB if you add one thing. It answers a question the standard panel only gestures at.

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u/lipid_panel_larrybloodwork13 points·1 months ago

ApoB is the one worth adding if you only add one

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u/jarno_karlsen9 points·1 months ago

assay method matters, especially between different labs

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u/liv_okafor6 points·1 months ago

Careful — that is a question for whoever ordered the panel, and nobody in this thread can answer it responsibly.

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u/thyroid_tangent2 points·1 months ago·edited

Careful — that is a question for whoever ordered the panel, and nobody in this thread can answer it responsibly.

Adding the obvious one — take it to whoever ordered the panel. This board cannot read it for you.

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u/thermal_mass_tom7 points·1 months ago

assay method matters, especially between different labs

jarno_karlsen is right that a reference interval is not a target. It is a description of a population.

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u/lipid_panel_larryMOD8 points·1 months ago

Retitled — the original asserted a causal claim the post does not support.

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