BumpassHell
New Member
Hi all-
Yesterday I had my lipids and CBC tested at my doctor's office. Which, coincidentally, occurred on the same day as my own labs I have done through Goodlabs/Quest Diagnostics. There was a seven-hour period between the draws. I was sedentary and fasted in between the appointments. I stayed hydrated. There were differences between the test results.
LDL: 113/103
HDL: 45/52
Triglycerides: 103/79
AST: 35/26
ALT: 48/37
My doctor's office recorded the higher results across the board. Any thoughts as to why?
Chat gave me a bunch of reasons not to worry about it, and that the variability can be due to many factors. Moving forward, I think that I'm going to continue scheduling an independent draw on the same day that a doctor prescribes one, just out of curiosity.
For the time being, it does give me pause not to overreact to anyone lab marker. Those differences aren't clinically meaningful. But to the extent that I dwell and overthink any given lab result, it may not be worth it.
Yesterday I had my lipids and CBC tested at my doctor's office. Which, coincidentally, occurred on the same day as my own labs I have done through Goodlabs/Quest Diagnostics. There was a seven-hour period between the draws. I was sedentary and fasted in between the appointments. I stayed hydrated. There were differences between the test results.
LDL: 113/103
HDL: 45/52
Triglycerides: 103/79
AST: 35/26
ALT: 48/37
My doctor's office recorded the higher results across the board. Any thoughts as to why?
Chat gave me a bunch of reasons not to worry about it, and that the variability can be due to many factors. Moving forward, I think that I'm going to continue scheduling an independent draw on the same day that a doctor prescribes one, just out of curiosity.
For the time being, it does give me pause not to overreact to anyone lab marker. Those differences aren't clinically meaningful. But to the extent that I dwell and overthink any given lab result, it may not be worth it.
