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

unpopular opinion: most of what gets said here about eGFR is guesswork

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unpopular opinion: most of what gets said here about eGFR is guesswork. I have gone back and forth on this for months. How to make a panel worth comparing, which is most of the value people leave on the table. Standardise the conditions: same lab, same fasting state, same rough time of day, same point in the week,…

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u/greta_chukwu12 points·1 months ago

ApoB counts atherogenic particles rather than the cholesterol they carry, which is why it can diverge from LDL-C and why it is the addition most worth making.

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u/nnt_nate8 points·1 months ago

Took a baseline the week before starting purely because this board told me to. Best five minutes I have spent on this.

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u/gentle_correctionnice about it3 points·1 months ago

one measurement is a point, two is a line, three is a trend

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