LabKate said:

Omega-3 index improvement on the lipid panel: often overlooked but my omega-3 index went from 4.0% to 8.0% over 13 months.

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.

I would rather be corrected than agreed with, if it comes to it.

LipidDoc_ATL said:

Triglycerides dropped by half, HDL barely moved, and my calculated LDL is almost exactly where it started, which is not the outcome I had been…

Tracking labs for the lipid panel — here's the panel I get every 3 months and why:

• CMP: glucose, electrolytes, kidney function, liver enzymes
• Lipid panel: total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides
• A1C: 3-month glucose average
• hsCRP: inflammatory marker
• CBC: blood counts, anemia screening
• B12, folate, iron: nutritional deficiency screening
• TSH, free T4: thyroid monitoring
• Lipase: pancreatic safety check

Total cost with insurance: about $25 copay. Without insurance, request cash-pay pricing from Quest/Labcorp — usually $150.

BariatricNurseD said:

Careful with treating an unchanged LDL-C as a failure.

Comprehensive lipid panel update relevant to the lipid panel:

The triglyceride drop is the most impressive. My cardiologist reduced my statin dose based on these results.

Following on from traveltech_sara — and this may be the naive question:

Was that from a primary source or from a summary of one?

OP back with an update, since a thread like this is useless without one.

Resolved, and the thing that resolved it was the least interesting suggestion in the thread. Writing that down for the next person who wants the interesting answer.