roxy_nash said:ApoB is the more informative number and it is cheap.
Agreed, and hsCRP is worth reading alongside them. The inflammatory-marker fall is often the most striking change on a panel and it is consistent with the cardiovascular outcome data.
PedsEndoPhilly said:Agreed, and reference ranges are laboratory-specific.
This is exactly what I could not find anywhere else. Printing the relevant bit and taking it with me.
roxy_nash said:ApoB is the more informative number and it is cheap.
Careful with treating an unchanged LDL-C as a failure. If ApoB and triglycerides both fell, the particle picture improved regardless of what the calculated LDL says.
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View ResultsMASHdoc_SA said:My prescriber ordered three tests and this board recommends about twenty, and I would like to know which of those two lists is right.
Blood work came back perfect. baseline bloodwork + this community = winning. 🏆
Moderator note: good thread. Keeping it here rather than moving it, because the question is general enough to be useful. Tagging this one for the weekly digest.