TABLE 4.

Genetic and environmental correlation in the diabetic only samples

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	−0.81 **	−0.31 **	−0.12 *	−0.15 **	0.11 *	−0.67 **	−0.53 **	−0.24 **	−0.57 **	−0.68 **
VLDL mean particle size (nm)	−0.92 **	NA	0.004	0.35 **	0.03	0.04	0.27 **	0.11 **	0.32 **	0.72 **	0.26 **
Small LDL particle concentration (mg/dl)	0.85 **	−0.41 **	NA	−0.31 **	−0.31 **	0.58 **	0.03	0.03	0.01	0.11 *	−0.002
LDL mean particle size (nm)	−0.86 **	0.52 **	−0.94 **	NA	0.53 **	−0.54 **	0.18 **	0.28 **	0.17 **	0.10 *	0.23 **
Large HDL particle concentration (mg/dl)	−0.64 **	0.38 **	−0.92 **	0.87 **	NA	−0.87 **	0.27 **	0.03	0.79 **	−0.20 **	0.28 **
HDL mean particle size (nm)	0.64 **	−0.50 **	0.47 **	−0.71 **	−0.88 **	NA	−0.28 **	0.25 **	−0.67 **	0.43 **	−0.32 **
TG concentration (mg/dl)	−0.67 **	0.44 **	−0.68 **	0.93 **	0.68 **	−0.70 **	NA	−0.23 **	0.39 **	−0.22 **	0.99 **
Total cholesterol	0.58 **	0.42 **	0.24 **	−0.32 **	−0.19 **	0.03	−0.43 **	NA	0.09 *	0.97 **	−0.28 **
HDL cholesterol	−0.36 **	−0.05	−0.63 **	0.73 **	0.85 **	−0.55 **	0.23 **	0.29 **	NA	−0.005	0.37 **
LDL cholesterol	0.50 **	−0.73 **	0.22 **	−0.19 **	−0.06	−0.07	−0.24 **	0.90 **	−0.008	NA	−0.18 **
VLDL cholesterol	−0.67 **	0.45 **	−0.69 **	0.92 **	0.72 **	−0.67 **	0.99 **	−0.44 **	0.22 **	−0.26 **	NA

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

*, P-value between 0.01 and 0.05.

**, P-value less than 0.01.