Dr.LeslieOBGYN said:The honest answer is that the effect is real, the magnitude is contested, and the individual variation is larger than either.
Agreed on the substance. I would put less weight on the timescale, because two months of anything is not enough to distinguish a trend from a wobble.
bbq_ray_KC said:Agreed, and hsCRP is worth reading alongside them.
That reframing is the part I needed. Printing the relevant bit and taking it with me.
Dr.LeslieOBGYN said:The honest answer is that the effect is real, the magnitude is contested, and the individual variation is larger than either.
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.
Worth separating that from the lipid panel, which this thread keeps folding into the same question. They behave differently and the advice does not transfer.
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View ResultsAdding the numbers, since they settle part of this. One habit that pays for itself: post the method alongside the number. A figure without its method cannot be checked, and an unchecked figure is how this community accumulates folklore.
Moderator note: reminder that nothing in this thread is medical advice, and that clinical claims need a source. Tagging this one for the weekly digest.