TABLE 3.

Genetic and environmental correlation in the combined sample

Traits	Large VLDL Particle Concentration (mg/dl)	VLDL Mean Particle Size (nm)	Small LDL Particle Concentration (mg/dl)	LDL Mean Particle Size (nm)	Large HDL Particle Concentration (mg/dl)	HDL Mean Particle Size (nm)	Triglyceride Concentration (mg/dl)	Total Cholesterol	HDL Cholesterol	LDL Cholesterol	VLDL Cholesterol
Large VLDL particle concentration (mg/dl)	NA	−0.75 **	0.14 **	−0.53 **	−0.30 **	0.31 **	−0.75 **	−0.24 **	−0.16 **	−0.338 **	−0.77 **
VLDL mean particle size (nm)	−0.88 **	NA	−0.19 **	0.41 **	0.07	0	0.26 **	0.17 **	0.08 *	0.35 **	0.28 **
Small LDL particle concentration (mg/dl)	0.53 **	−0.12 **	NA	−0.94 **	−0.43 **	0.45 **	−0.30 **	0.12 **	−0.17 *	0.12 **	−0.31 **
LDL mean particle size (nm)	−0.61 **	0.25 **	−0.53 **	NA	0.64 **	−0.66 **	0.47 **	0.04	0.37 **	0.54 **	0.47 **
Large HDL particle concentration (mg/dl)	−0.44 **	0.23 **	−0.71 **	0.75 **	NA	0.72 **	0.42 **	−0.09 *	0.79 **	−0.22 **	0.45 **
HDL mean particle size (nm)	0.49 **	−0.39 **	0.60 **	−0.63 **	0.47 **	NA	−0.42 **	0.32 **	−0.6 **	0.37 **	−0.47 **
Triglyceridecon centration (mg/dl)	−0.63 **	0.46 **	−0.38 **	0.72 **	0.33 **	−0.53 **	NA	−0.28 **	0.32 **	−0.26 **	0.99 **
Total cholesterol	0.40 **	0.17 **	0.13 **	−0.15 **	0.04	−0.11 **	−0.43 **	NA	0.20 **	0.94 **	−0.30 **
HDL cholesterol	−0.44 **	0.12 **	−0.53 **	0.68 **	0.85 **	−0.60 **	0.23 **	0.20 **	NA	1 **	0.30 **
LDL cholesterol	0.38 **	0.33 **	0.17 **	0.46 **	−0.003	−0.06	−0.18 **	0.91 **	0.73 **	NA	−0.22 **
VLDL cholesterol	−0.60 **	0.41 **	−0.39 **	0.71 **	0.30 **	−0.44 **	0.99 **	−0.46 **	0.22 **	−0.22 **	NA

The numbers shown above the diagonal (in bold) represent the environment correlation whereas numbers below the diagonal represent the genetic correlations.

*, P-value between 0.01 and 0.05.

**, P -value < 0.01.