Dr.EndoIndy said:

Quarterly for the first year is convention rather than evidence, and it is defensible for a simple reason: it is roughly the interval over which HbA1c…

Before/after bloodwork compilation for the lipid panel — everything in one place for those who want comprehensive data:

Every single metabolic marker improved. This is why I'm a believer in this therapy.

BiostatsBrad said:

Agreed, and reference ranges are laboratory-specific.

Thank you — that is the clearest version of this I have read, and I have read a lot of them. Taking it to my next appointment.

Dr.EndoIndy said:

Quarterly for the first year is convention rather than evidence, and it is defensible for a simple reason: it is roughly the interval over which HbA1c…

Filing a mild objection. Mild because I might be wrong; an objection because nobody has addressed the case that does not fit. I would drop the "get everything" instinct further than this thread does. Every extra test is another chance at a false positive, and incidental findings have their own cost in scans, biopsies and worry.

Worth separating that from the baseline and follow-up panel, which this thread keeps folding into the same question. They behave differently and the advice does not transfer.

LipidDoc_ATL said:

Trying to work out whether my panel improved or merely rearranged itself, because two of the numbers went the wrong way.

Advanced lipoprotein testing on the lipid panel — going beyond standard lipid panel:

The shift from small dense to large buoyant LDL is particularly important — it represents a fundamental change in the atherogenic profile.

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