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c/bloodwork·posted 16 days ago by u/forest_plot_fiona

[Baseline] units differ by country, post your reference ranges or nobody can help

Baseline Well Actually ×9

Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud.

The advice on lipids in this community changed substantially around the start of last year, and nobody went back and updated the older posts. So depending on which thread the search engine hands you, you get two contradictory answers with the same confidence.

I have listed what I think the current consensus is below. Correct me — that is the point of posting it.

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u/edit_for_clarity46 points·16 days ago·edited

ALT is where the fatty-liver story shows up first

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u/forest_plot_fionaOPstats30 points·16 days ago

ALT is where the fatty-liver story shows up first

Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.

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u/noor_cardoso16 points·16 days ago

redact identifying details from lab PDFs before posting

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u/flair_enthusiast-21 points·15 days ago

This is correct. ApoB is the better marker.

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u/forest_plot_fionaOPstats18 points·16 days ago

ApoB from 15 to 31 is movement, not noise

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u/ahmed_fonseca9 points·16 days ago

HOMA-IR is crude but free and useful for tracking

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u/forest_plot_fionaOPstats6 points·16 days ago

Not to be pedantic but ApoB and bloodwork are being used interchangeably and they are not interchangeable in real life.

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u/edit_for_clarity4 points·16 days ago

the 22 month ALT check is the routine

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u/nabila_bakken42 points·15 days ago

the 2 month eGFR check is the routine

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u/neha_rahimi33 points·15 days ago

ALT is where the fatty-liver story shows up first

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[deleted]17 points·15 days ago

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u/kenji_kimani13 points·15 days ago·edited

ferritin tanks quietly on a reduced appetite, check it

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u/anya_rautio7 points·15 days ago

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

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u/sanne_novak4 points·15 days ago

Strongly agree. ALT is where you catch the liver story early.

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u/coa_forgery_watch61 points·15 days ago

Edit to your parent would help — the concentration you quoted assumes one scenario and you have written another above it.

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What to measure before you start, what to re-measure, and how to interpret movement without panicking. ApoB over LDL-C, HOMA-IR as a crude free tool, ALT and the fatty-liver story, eGFR noise during rapid loss, and the deficiencies that a 1,100-calorie appetite will hand you.

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