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Published in final edited form as: Biochim Biophys Acta. 2008 Dec 30;1791(3):206–211. doi: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2008.12.010

Table 3.

NMR Lipoprotein Profile of Study Participants

Lipoproteins Particles	All (n=35)	Women (n=18)	Men (n=17)
Particle Concentration
VLDL (Large) (nmol/L)	3.7±4.9	1.7±2.8	5.9±5.8^**
VLDL (Medium) (nmol/L)	27.3±21.5	16.3±14.9	39.0±21.6^***
VLDL (Small) (nmol/L)	41.8±21.1	36.0±14.7	47.9±25.2
IDL (nmol/L)	43.6±47.5	27.3±32.4	60.8±55.4
LDL (Large) (nmol/L)	362±199	454±175	263±179^**
LDL (Small) (nmol/L)	786±441	529±322	1058±387^***
HDL (Large) (μmol/L)	6.2±3.8	8.4±3.0	3.9±3.2^***
HDL (Medium) (µmol/L)	6.5±4.9	6.5±5.3	6.6±4.7
HDL (Small) (µmol/L)	19.9±5.7	18.4±4.7	21.6±6.3
Mean Particle Size
VLDL size (nm)	50.7±8.0	49.2±7.2	52.2±8.8
LDL size (nm)	20.9±0.9	21.4±0.7	20.3±0.7^***
HDL size (nm)	8.8±0.4	9.1±0.3	8.6±0.3^***

Numbers are mean ± S.D.

^**

p<0.005, and

^***

p<0.001 denote significant difference between men and women by Mann-Whitney U Test.