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c/bloodwork·posted 1 year ago by u/ismael_eriksen

tried A1c for 22 weeks. here is what happened.

Baseline Clean Column ×7 Sourced ×3 Slow Clap ×3

Genuinely asking, not being difficult.

Everyone in c/t2dglp1 repeats that baseline labs is important. I believe it, but I have never seen anyone show why, and when I search I get 14 threads of people agreeing with each other.

Is there a paper? Is there a measurement? Or is this one of those things that is true because it has been repeated since 2023?

I am not trying to be the "source?" guy. I would just like a source.

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u/constipation_clubside effects-8 points·1 year ago

Do you have baseline to compare to?

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u/burned_once_twice800 points·1 year ago

Ferritin tanked from 14 to 30. Small appetite, reduced iron intake, nobody was testing it until I asked.

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u/cold_chromatogram31426 points·1 year ago

The evidence standard in c/vendorvetting gets called too strict about once a month, and every time, the thread ends with the complainant agreeing.

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u/yara_boateng346 points·1 year ago

This is correct. ApoB is the better marker.

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u/laila_yilmaz94 points·1 year ago

Same lab both times?

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u/lina_almeida273 points·1 year ago

This is correct.

Disagree on that part. 95.1% and 96.2% on the same vial is normal.

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u/ismael_eriksenOP140 points·1 year ago

redact identifying details from lab PDFs before posting

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[removed]185 points·1 year ago

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u/freya_baptista500 points·1 year ago

ApoB over LDL-C, that is the hierarchy

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u/ismael_eriksenOP191 points·1 year ago

My A1c went from 18 to 40 in 50 weeks. The baseline labs story shows up in the trend, not the single number.

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