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c/bloodwork·submitted 1 year ago by u/bac_water_bandit

ferritin — 15 things I got wrong before I got it right

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ferritin — 15 things I got wrong before I got it right. It is the sort of thing everyone half-believes and nobody writes down. ApoB counts atherogenic particles rather than the cholesterol they carry, which is why it can diverge from LDL-C and why it is the addition most worth making. Time of day, fasting state,…

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u/intent_to_treat433 points·1 year ago

Nobody here can interpret your panel and this comment is not doing so. What a board can usefully do is help you ask better questions of somebody who can.

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u/bac_water_banditOPreconstitution305 points·1 year ago

nothing on this board interprets your results for you

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u/lipid_panel_larrybloodwork388 points·1 year ago

nothing on this board interprets your results for you

Adding the obvious one — take it to whoever ordered the panel. This board cannot read it for you.

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u/lina_almeida126 points·1 year ago

ask whether the lab changed its assay between your two draws

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u/jarno_karlsen35 points·1 year ago

Substantial weight loss independently moves lipids, liver enzymes and several other markers. Attributing a change to a compound while losing weight is confounded by design.

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u/laila_yilmaz191 points·1 year ago

baseline before you start is worth more than any later panel

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