Table 1.

Sample characteristics and correlations with HDL cholesterol and mass concentrations, triglycerides, BMI, and plasma insulin and glucose concentrations

	Mean±SD	Correlations with:
		HDL cholesterol	HDL2 mass	HDL3 mass	Triglycerides	BMI	Insulin		Glucose
							Fasting	1-h	Fasting	1-h
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	123.84 ± 54.84	−0.43‡	−0.39‡	−0.13	1.00	0.32†	0.51‡	0.37‡	0.31†	0.20
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	44.83 ± 10.85	1.00	0.77‡	0.61‡	−0.43‡	−0.23*	−0.35‡	−0.16	0.11	−0.07
HDL peak diameter (nm)	8.21 ± 0.20	0.49‡	0.51‡	0.25*	−0.49‡	−0.24*	−0.43‡	−0.20	−0.20*	−0.14
BMI (kg/m2)	26.40 ± 3.31	−0.23*	−0.29†	0.04	0.32†	1.00	0.39‡	0.37‡	0.07	0.19
Waist to hip ratio	0.94 ± 0.05	−0.09	−0.21	0.05	0.21	0.52‡	0.15	0.11	0.09	0.20
Abdominal skinfold (mm)	25.84 ± 8.61	−0.15	−0.31*	−0.16	0.22	0.71‡	0.16	0.09	0.02	0.24
Subscapular skinfald (mm)	18.95 ± 5.98	−0.18	−0.25*	−0.08	0.16	0.66‡	0.31†	0.26*	0.14	0.22*
Fasting insulin (pmol/L)	14.40 ± 8.13	−0.35‡	−0.29†	−0.02	0.51‡	0.39‡	1.00	0.38‡	0.30†	0.12
1-h insulin (pmol/L)	119.01 ± 87.73	−0.16	−0.22*	0.09	0.37‡	0.37‡	0.38‡	1.00	0.14	0.42‡
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)	96.71 ± 15.68	0.11	0.00	0.19	0.31†	0.07	0.30†	0.14	1.00	0.41‡
1-h glucose (mg/dL)	147.71 ± 50.13	−0.07	−0.15	−0.09	0.20	0.19	0.12	0.42†	0.41‡	1.00
Resting heart rate (bpm)	66.18 ± 9.08	−0.15	−0.17	−0.07	0.37‡	0.00	0.30†	−0.01	0.22*	−0.05

NOTE. Sample sizes are 93 men, except for subscapular skinfold and fasting waist to hip ratio (n = 59), and abdominal skinfold (n = 58).

^*P ≤ 0.05

^†P ≤ 0.01

^‡P ≤ 0.001.