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c/bloodwork·submitted 4 months ago by u/ravi_sandvik

the A1c question that gets asked weekly, answered properly

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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 4 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…

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u/vito_chowdhury27 points·4 months ago

What are your reference ranges?

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u/ravi_sandvikOP20 points·4 months ago

eGFR noise during rapid loss is expected

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u/emil_agyeman13 points·4 months ago

That is net peptide content, not purity. Different number, different meaning.

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u/nabila_bakken18 points·4 months ago

Same lab both times?

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u/constipation_clubside effects5 points·4 months ago·edited

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

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u/anya_rautio12 points·4 months ago

Same lab both times?

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

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u/bence_zamora6 points·4 months ago

Slight fix: the number was 97.4, not 97.2. Decimal point, but a fairly consequential one.

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u/thermal_mass_tom1 point·4 months ago

ApoB over LDL-C, that is the hierarchy

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