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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Dec 3.
Published in final edited form as: Metabolism. 2007 Jul;56(7):947–953. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2007.03.003

Table 4.

Sphingomyelin content in plasma HDL of various human groups

Group n [HDL SM]
Statistics
μmol/L % Decrease from control P (Tukey test)
ND 9 67.7 ± 12.7 – –
ALC 8 32.8 ± 7.5 51.5 <.01
ALD 6 33.0 ± 8.2 51.3 <.01

High-density lipoproteins were isolated by precipitation from plasma collected from study subjects belonging to 1 of the 3 study groups: nondrinkers (ND), alcoholic individuals without liver disease (ALC), or alcoholic individuals with liver disease (ALD). Sphingomyelin assay was performed as described in the Methods section. [HDL SM] indicates plasma concentration of SM bound to HDL.