Dr.LipidDallas said:Start from the measurement rather than the conclusion.
That is right, and it stops being right at the edges. The general case is well behaved; the interesting cases in this thread are all at the boundary where the general case breaks.
mike_mod said:Agreed, and hsCRP is worth reading alongside them.
That reframing is the part I needed. Adding it to my notes with a link back to this thread.
Dr.LipidDallas said:Start from the measurement rather than the conclusion.
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 ResultsAdding the numbers, since they settle part of this. If you are comparing against somebody else’s result, check that you are comparing the same measurement taken the same way. Most of the apparent contradictions in these threads dissolve at that step.
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