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c/bloodwork·submitted 23 days ago by u/baseline_drifter

[Explainer] which labs are worth repeating quarterly and which are theatre

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Been lurking in c/reconstitution for about 13 months and finally have something worth posting. Short version: week 73, 1.7mg, and baseline labs is the bit I still cannot get a straight answer on. I have read the wiki, I have read the last 31 threads, and the answers split roughly down the middle. What I actually want…

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u/lipid_panel_larryMOD13 points·22 days ago

Removed a chain here. The rule is one line long and it is not negotiable.

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u/ismael_eriksen11 points·22 days ago

Yeah, baseline matters more than any later number.

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u/elin_trevino5 points·21 days ago·edited

the 17 month ApoB check is the routine

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u/ismael_eriksen2 points·21 days ago

baseline is the most important A1c measurement, you cannot collect it later

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u/skip_week_sceptic11 points·22 days ago

post reference ranges with your numbers, units differ by country and lab

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u/isabela_guerrero5 points·22 days ago

redact identifying details from lab PDFs before posting

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u/diego_sorensen3 points·22 days ago

A1c moves slowly, quarterly is plenty

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u/mariam_mensa2 points·22 days ago

ApoB from 2 to 31 is movement, not noise

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u/baseline_drifterOPanalytical1 point·21 days ago

HOMA-IR is crude but free and useful for tracking

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