Dr. Jeremy London, MDDr. Jeremy London, MD Facebook ad: “What’s the difference between LDL-C vs.”
Ran for 72 days, from July 15 to September 25, 2026, the last day Crush saw it.
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- Meta Ad Library ID
- 2884481571906440
- Platforms
- Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads
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- 17
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What’s the difference between LDL-C vs. ApoB? Most standard cholesterol panels measure LDL-C: the total amount of cholesterol carried by LDL particles in your blood. But LDL-C doesn’t tell you how many particles are actually in circulation. That’s what Apolipoprotein B measures. Every atherogenic particle — LDL, VLDL, IDL — carries exactly one ApoB protein. So ApoB is a direct count of the particles themselves. Here’s why that matters. Think of LDL particles as trucks on a highway. LDL-C is the total weight of cargo across all the trucks. ApoB is the number of trucks on the road. You can have the same total cargo load distributed across very different numbers of trucks. Someone with small, dense LDL particles might have a normal LDL-C but a high ApoB — lots of trucks, lighter loads. And it’s the trucks that do the damage. Each particle is an opportunity to penetrate the arterial wall and initiate plaque formation. Research increasingly shows that ApoB is a stronger predictor of cardiovascular risk than LDL-C — particularly in people with metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, or high triglycerides, where particle number and cholesterol content diverge the most. If you haven’t had your ApoB measured, it’s worth considering. My family and I check our ApoB and 100+ other biomarkers every 6 months with @function health.
