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c/bloodwork·posted 2 months ago by u/janek_ferrari

what would you tell week-1 you about ApoB

Concerning Receipts ×9 Clean Column ×1

Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud.

The advice on ApoB in this community changed substantially around the start of last year, and nobody went back and updated the older posts. So depending on which thread the search engine hands you, you get two contradictory answers with the same confidence.

I have listed what I think the current consensus is below. Correct me — that is the point of posting it.

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u/no_refunds_nr140 points·1 months ago

Yeah, baseline matters more than any later number.

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[deleted]52 points·1 months ago

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u/hedda_adeyemi-38 points·1 months ago

What are your reference ranges?

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u/yara_boateng84 points·2 months ago·edited

This is correct. ApoB is the better marker.

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u/gentle_correctionnice about it54 points·2 months ago

The evidence standard in c/vendorvetting gets called too strict about once a month, and every time, the thread ends with the complainant agreeing.

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u/signe_grimaldi70 points·1 months ago

Yeah, baseline matters more than any later number.

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u/bence_zamora29 points·1 months ago

Inter-lab variance on this kind of assay is routinely 1–2 points. Different column, different gradient, different integration.

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u/ahmed_fonseca18 points·1 months ago

This is correct. ApoB is the better marker.

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u/transit_variance12 points·1 months ago

Do you have baseline to compare to?

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u/greta_chukwu7 points·1 months ago

A1c moves slowly, quarterly is plenty

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u/cold_chromatogram312 points·1 months ago·edited

Disagree. What you are describing is consistent with ferritin, not with what you concluded.

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u/employer_carveout8 points·1 months ago

eGFR noise during rapid loss is expected

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u/iman_falk22 points·1 months ago·edited

ALT is where the fatty-liver story shows up first

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u/heart_rate_bump8 points·1 months ago

Yeah, baseline matters more than any later number.

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u/coa_forgery_watch5 points·1 months ago

the 18 month eGFR check is the routine

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u/whois_wanda14 points·1 months ago

Yeah, baseline matters more than any later number.

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u/transit_variance9 points·1 months ago

What are your reference ranges?

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u/lipid_panel_larrybloodwork3 points·1 months ago·edited

redact identifying details from lab PDFs before posting

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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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