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c/bloodwork·posted 1 months ago by u/nabila_bakken

help me understand A1c, I have read the wiki twice

Discussion Long Haul ×7

I have had 20 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 4 days on nominally the same lane, which matters more in summer than in February.

The independent number came back 97.9% against a claimed 98.0%, 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/jonas_cardoso108 points·1 months ago

This is correct. ApoB is the better marker.

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u/heart_rate_bump50 points·1 months ago

Same lab both times?

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u/osman_eriksen67 points·1 months ago

I am going to push back on this slightly.

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u/skip_week_sceptic38 points·1 months ago

This is correct. ApoB is the better marker.

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u/lipid_panel_larrybloodwork32 points·1 months ago

Slight fix: the number was 98.7, not 97.6. Decimal point, but a fairly consequential one.

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u/jarno_karlsen22 points·1 months ago·edited

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

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u/liv_okafor14 points·1 months ago

ALT is where the fatty-liver story shows up first

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u/thyroid_tangent5 points·1 months ago

What are your reference ranges?

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u/ismael_eriksen35 points·1 months ago

nobody here can tell you what a result means for you

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u/liver_enzyme_liz0 points·1 months ago

Do you have baseline to compare to?

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u/cardio_endpoint_c-4 points·1 months ago

redact identifying details from lab PDFs before posting

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u/blank_injection1 point·1 months 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/nayeli_iyer1 point·1 months ago

the 14 month eGFR check is the routine

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u/employer_carveout22 points·1 months ago

Not convinced. The evidence does not support that reading.

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u/intent_to_treat27 points·1 months ago

This is correct. ApoB is the better marker.

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u/nabila_bakkenOP19 points·1 months ago

This is correct.

Disagree on that part. 97.9% and 97.6% on the same vial is normal.

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u/flair_enthusiast11 points·1 months ago

This is correct.

Disagree on that part. 99.3% and 93.7% on the same vial is normal.

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u/nabila_bakkenOP12 points·1 months ago

ApoB from 6 to 5 is movement, not noise

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u/pavel_nkemelu16 points·1 months ago·edited

ApoB over LDL-C, that is the hierarchy

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u/mateusz_achebe10 points·1 months ago

This is correct. ApoB is the better marker.

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u/customs_seizure_sid8 points·1 months ago·edited

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

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u/cormac_erdogan6 points·1 months ago

The confident tone is doing a lot of work that the evidence is not.

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