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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Cardiometab Syndr. 2009 Spring;4(2):113–119. doi: 10.1111/j.1559-4572.2008.00044.x

Table II.

Lipid Abnormalities in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) and the Metabolic Syndrome(MS)

Lipid T2DM MS
HDL-C ↓ ↓
LDL-C
sdLDL ↑ ↑
Triglycerides ↑ ↑
apoB ↑ ↑

Abbreviations: apoB, apolipoprotein B; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; sdLDL, small, dense low-density lipoprotein particles; ↑, increased; ↑↑,markedly increased; ↔, unchanged; ↓ decreased; ↓↓, markedly decreased. Data are from Brunzell and Ayyobi.32