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Table 2.

Reported literature properties for TRLs and TG in the postprandial state.

Property	Reported values	Reference	Notes	Model parameter
Blood TG	Healthy: $< 175 mg / dL$	Nordestgaard et al., European Heart Journal, 2016²⁷		Healthy: 100 mg/dL
	High: 175 to 880 mg/dL			Diabetes: 400 mg/dL
	Hypertriglyceridemia > 880 mg/dL			Hypertriglyceridemia: 1200 mg/dL
Peak refractive index	Chylomicron: $\sim 1.5$	Chernova DN et al., J Biophotonics, 2018¹²	No information on RI of VLDLs is available	CM RI: 1.5
	Chylomicron: $\sim 1.5$			VLDL RI: 1.46 (no change)
	VLDL: —			VLDL RI: 1.46 (no change)
Peak average size	Chylomicron: $\sim 200 nm$	Milan et al., British Journal of Nutrition, 2016¹⁷	Effect of meal on VLDL particle size is minimal	Chylomicron average size: 200 nm
Peak average size	VLDL: $\sim 60 nm$	Wojczynski et al., Lipids in Health and Diseases, 2011¹⁶		VLDL average size: 50 nm (no change)