Total protein — lab reference
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Often calculated. Ask your clinician to consider SPEP/IFE for unexplained abnormalities.
Calculated; interpret component values.
Negative acute-phase reactant; not a stand-alone nutrition marker.
Broad tissue marker; hemolysis can cause false elevation.
Exercise, muscle mass, sex, race, trauma, injections, and statins affect values.
Not pancreas-specific; interpret with lipase and clinical presentation.
Assay-specific; diagnostic thresholds for pancreatitis are separate.
Normal <140; prediabetes 140-199; diabetes ≥200.
Normal <5.7; prediabetes 5.7-6.4; diabetes ≥6.5. Altered RBC turnover can make A1C unreliable.
No universal reference or treatment target. Standardize fasting duration and collection time.
Ask your clinician to read this result with concurrent glucose, kidney function, and exogenous insulin use.
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