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c/bloodwork·posted 4 days ago by u/bac_water_bandit

ApoB over LDL-C and i will keep saying it

Results

I have had 24 orders now and I keep a table, so here is the honest summary rather than a vibe.

Material has been consistent. Communication has not. Shipping has varied by about 38 days on nominally the same lane, which matters more in summer than in February.

The independent number came back 96.8% against a claimed 97.2%, which I read as agreement rather than a discrepancy — inter-lab variance on this assay is a point or two either way and treating one lab as ground truth is how people end up in pointless arguments with vendors.

Batch number is in the comments. Ask if you want the method.

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u/vito_chowdhury31 points·3 days ago

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

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u/isabela_guerrero11 points·2 days ago

Is that fasted?

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u/bac_water_banditOPreconstitution37 points·3 days ago

Baseline ferritin: 99.3. Week 59: 94.2. Same lab, fasted, same time of day. Trend matters.

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u/bac_water_banditOPreconstitution14 points·3 days ago

I am going to push back on this slightly.

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u/bac_water_banditOPreconstitution7 points·3 days ago

Ferritin tanked from 6 to 27. Small appetite, reduced iron intake, nobody was testing it until I asked.

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u/noor_cardoso5 points·3 days ago

ALT is where the fatty-liver story shows up first

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u/jarno_karlsen23 points·3 days ago

Crossposting this to c/meta because the people who need it are not reading this community.

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u/yara_mensah14 points·3 days ago

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

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u/mikkel_kimani8 points·2 days ago

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

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u/tidy_vialdrawer_watch11 points·3 days ago

Edit to your parent would help — the concentration you quoted assumes one scenario and you have written another above it.

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u/lipid_panel_larryMOD14 points·3 days ago

Tracking number removed. It identifies both ends of a shipment.

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u/bence_zamora8 points·3 days ago

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

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u/micro_bump_mick4 points·3 days ago

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

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

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u/emil_agyeman2 points·2 days 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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