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c/bloodwork·submitted 8 months ago by u/emeka_chowdhury

[Question] ALT — what am I missing here

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Quick one. Canada here. ferritin works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given advice that simply does not apply outside the US. Specifics: the route I used took 7 weeks and cost roughly what I expected. The admin was worse than the…

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u/hugo_pires49 points·8 months ago

HOMA-IR is crude but free and useful for tracking

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u/osman_eriksen25 points·8 months ago

Disagree but this is the good kind of wrong — it is specific enough to be checked.

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u/kaia_kuusela20 points·8 months ago·edited

HOMA-IR is crude but free and useful for tracking

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u/emeka_chowdhuryOP10 points·8 months ago

eGFR noise during rapid loss is expected

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u/ferran_halonen34 points·8 months ago

A1c moves slowly, quarterly is plenty

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u/edit_for_clarity23 points·8 months ago

ApoB from 23 to 27 is movement, not noise

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u/nabila_bakken11 points·8 months ago·edited

TSH from 24 to 19 is movement, not noise

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u/transit_variance39 points·8 months ago

Ferritin tanked from 6 to 13. Small appetite, reduced iron intake, nobody was testing it until I asked.

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