Dr.NutriCornell said:Worth answering the question that was asked rather than the one behind it.
No disagreement, though the timescale matters more than the mechanism here. Most of what looks like a difference in kind turns out to be a difference in how long somebody waited.
Happy to go further on any of that.
alex_tucson said:Agreed, and hsCRP is worth reading alongside them.
Saving this. It is the first explanation that did not require me to already understand it. Printing the relevant bit and taking it with me.
Dr.NutriCornell 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.
Happy to go further on any of that.
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