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c/bloodwork·submitted 2 years ago by u/copay_card_cc

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

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Week 70 update. 31kg down from the start, muscle cramps basically gone since about week 27. Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I want to. Things that did not: everything I bought on the internet to help with muscle cramps. The part that surprised me is how much of this is admin.…

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u/neha_rahimi60 points·2 years ago

Mechanistically the bit that matters is ApoB. It explains most of the early profile and a decent chunk of the outcome.

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u/copay_card_ccOP33 points·2 years ago

ApoB over LDL-C, that is the hierarchy

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u/ravi_sandvik16 points·2 years ago

redact identifying details from lab PDFs before posting

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u/osman_eriksen23 points·2 years ago

ApoB over LDL-C, that is the hierarchy

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u/india_generic_g23 points·2 years ago

nobody here can tell you what a result means for you

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u/diego_sorensen35 points·2 years ago

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

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u/edit_for_clarity29 points·2 years ago·edited

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

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

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u/elin_varga20 points·2 years ago

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

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