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c/glp1muscle·submitted 2 years ago by u/line_demir

[PSA] DEXA is not what most of this community thinks it is

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Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud. The advice on DEXA 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…

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u/prior_auth_painappeals63 points·2 years 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/tobias_vukovic18 points·2 years ago

sarcopenia is the unsolved question

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u/nl_verzekering21 points·2 years ago

You have restated the marketing copy. What is the actual substance here.

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u/soren_yildiz16 points·2 years 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/reflux_report4 points·2 years ago

This is correct. DEXA is the standard.

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u/ahmed_fonseca49 points·2 years ago

lean mass retention is the 56 week conversation

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u/arne_amankwah47 points·2 years ago

The muscle cramps was genuinely awful for three weeks and then simply stopped. I know that is not useful information, but it is what happened.

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