Dr.CardioMD said:Omega-3 index improvement on the lipid panel: often overlooked but my omega-3 index went from 3.8% to 7.8% over 11 months.
Agreed, and one caution: a single measurement is not a measurement. Anything that moves day to day needs a trend before it means anything at all.
wanda_boise said:Comprehensive lipid panel update relevant to the lipid panel: Marker Baseline 6 Months 12 Months Reference Total Cholesterol 234 199 179 <200 LDL…
That reframing is the part I needed. Printing the relevant bit and taking it with me.
Dr.CardioMD said:Omega-3 index improvement on the lipid panel: often overlooked but my omega-3 index went from 3.8% to 7.8% over 11 months.
I do not accept the framing. The question has been narrowed to the version that has a tidy answer, and the part that was dropped is the part the OP actually asked about.
Ask again with the specifics and you will get a better answer than this one.
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