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c/bloodwork·submitted 3 months ago by u/janek_ferrari

[Vendor] QST order #21 — Canada, 21 days, no drama, receipts inside

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Right, the ApoB question again, but with numbers this time. I have 22 data points over 10 weeks. The pattern is consistent enough that I do not think it is chance, and boring enough that nobody is going to screenshot it, which is usually a good sign. The thing I would flag for anyone new: the effect I am describing…

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u/ravi_sandvik127 points·3 months ago

Do you have baseline to compare to?

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u/greta_chukwu33 points·3 months ago

HOMA-IR is crude but free and useful for tracking

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u/ravi_sandvik45 points·3 months ago

HOMA-IR is crude but free and useful for tracking

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

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u/india_generic_g8 points·3 months ago

HOMA-IR is crude but free and useful for tracking

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u/ferran_halonen5 points·3 months ago

ferritin tanks quietly on a reduced appetite, check it

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u/janek_ferrariOP18 points·3 months ago

Baseline eGFR: 98.3. Week 77: 98.0. Same lab, fasted, same time of day. Trend matters.

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u/emil_okwuosa10 points·3 months ago·edited

Baseline eGFR: 98.3.

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

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u/janek_ferrariOP0 points·3 months ago

This is correct. ApoB is the better marker.

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u/lipid_panel_larrybloodwork4 points·3 months ago

ApoB from 20 to 39 is movement, not noise

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