Dr.PeteFamMed said:Worth answering the question that was asked rather than the one behind it.
No disagreement with Dr.PeteFamMed. One condition attached. Yes, and the corollary is less popular: if the reasoning holds, it also holds where it produces an answer we do not like.
TrialTracker_MD said:Agreed, and hsCRP is worth reading alongside them.
That reframing is the part I needed.
Dr.PeteFamMed said:Worth answering the question that was asked rather than the one behind it.
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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Shop Reference StandardsThe figures, for anyone assembling their own picture. For anyone reading later: the numbers in this thread are worth checking against a primary source before you act on them, including mine. Half the figures circulating in this community trace back to a secondary summary that dropped a qualifier.
If somebody has the primary source to hand I would rather cite it than paraphrase it.
Moderator note: leaving this open. It is being argued well and the disagreement is the useful part. Thread quality here is what the rules are for. Keep it up.