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Published in final edited form as: J Lipid Res. 2003 Jun 1;44(8):1552–1558. doi: 10.1194/jlr.M300091-JLR200

TABLE 2.

Particle size profiles of Lp(A-I) and Lp(A-I,A-II)

	All (n = 28)	Women (n = 12)	Men (n = 16)
	mean ± SD
Lp(A-I) particles
ApoA-I (mg/dl)	54.3 ± 21.2	69.6 ± 15.2	42.9 ± 17.6^a
Size species (mg/dl)^d
Small (7.0–8.2 nm)	10.6 ± 3.5	11.6 ± 4.8	9.8 ± 1.9
Medium (8.2–9.2 nm)	14.4 ± 6.6	20.0 ± 5.4	10.2 ± 3.7^a
Large (9.2–11.2 nm)	23.2 ± 13.8	30.9 ± 10.2	17.4 ± 13.7^b
Very large (11.2–17.0 nm)	6.2 ± 2.1	7.1 ± 1.6	5.5 ± 2.2
Lp(A-I,A-II) particles
ApoA-I (mg/dl)	87.2 ± 13.6	90.0 ± 16.0	85.1 ± 11.5
ApoA-II (mg/dl)	32.5 ± 5.0	33.7 ± 6.3	31.5 ± 3.6
Size species (mg/dl)^d
Small (7.0–8.2 nm)	37.1 ± 14.4	30.9 ± 11.5	41.7 ± 15.0
Medium (8.2–9.2 nm)	53.4 ± 12.3	59.2 ± 14.4	49.0 ± 8.5
Large (9.2–11.2 nm)	22.1 ± 8.4	26.1 ± 6.0	19.1 ± 8.9^c
Very large (11.2–17.0 nm)	7.1 ± 2.4	7.4 ± 2.5	6.9 ± 2.4

Values denote significant difference between men and women by Mann-Whitney U test.

^a

P ≤ 0.001.

^b

P ≥ 0.005.

^c

P ≤ 0.01.

^d

Calculated as apoA-I and apo(A-I+A-II) in Lp(A-I) and Lp(A-I,A-II), respectively, in each size interval.