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c/bloodwork·submitted 5 months ago by u/janek_ferrari

does A1c actually matter or is it forum lore at this point

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Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud. The advice on ApoB 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…

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u/lipid_panel_larrybloodwork156 points·5 months ago

Disagree. What you are describing is consistent with bloodwork, not with what you concluded.

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u/hugo_pires106 points·5 months ago

Disagree.

Adding to this: ApoB is doing more work than the comment implies.

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u/mateusz_achebe192 points·5 months ago·edited

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

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u/janek_ferrariOP86 points·5 months ago

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

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u/leila_vasquez78 points·5 months ago

ferritin tanks quietly on a reduced appetite, check it

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u/janek_ferrariOP78 points·5 months ago

eGFR noise on rapid loss is real. 20 week noise, 19 week trend. Do not panic at week 48.

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u/laila_yilmaz34 points·5 months ago·edited

eGFR noise on rapid loss is real.

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

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u/lina_almeida21 points·5 months ago

HOMA-IR is crude but free and useful for tracking

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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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