Table 2.

Plasma lipid transfer enzyme concentrations in men and women matched on percent body fat

	Men	Women	p-value
n	15	15
Body fat (% body weight)	32.5 ± 2.1	33.0 ± 2.3	0.874
Intra-abdominal fat (% total)	44 ± 3	28 ± 5	0.024
Plasma glucose (mmol/l)	5.17 ± 0.09	5.05 ± 0.07	0.359
Plasma triglyceride (mmol/l)	1.15 ± 0.07	0.85 ± 0.10	0.016
VLDL-triglyceride (mmol/l)	0.84 ± 0.06	0.54 ± 0.08	0.005
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/l)	0.78 ± 0.04	1.05 ± 0.07	0.002
LCAT (μg/ml)	694 ± 42	570 ± 40	0.040
CETP (μg/ml)	186 ± 8	186 ± 9	0.993
LPL (ng/ml)	34 ± 3	36 ± 3	0.660

Values are means ± SEM.

VLDL, very-low density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LCAT, lecithin-cholesterol acyl transferase; LPL, lipoprotein lipase; CETP, cholesterol-ester transfer protein.