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Published in final edited form as: Clin Lipidol. 2010 Jun;5(3):397–411. doi: 10.2217/clp.10.27

Table 1.

Properties of lipoprotein species.

Lipoprotein	Density (g/ml)	Diameter (Å)	Apolipoproteins	Composition (% by weight)
Lipoprotein	Density (g/ml)	Diameter (Å)	Apolipoproteins	Triglyceride	Total cholesterol
Chylomicron	<0.94	75–1200	A-I, A-II, AIV, AV, B-48, C-I, C-II, C-III and E	80–95	3–6

VLDL-I	<1.006	330–700	B-100, C-I, C-II, C-III and E	45–65	20–30
VLDL-II	1.006–1.010	300–330	B-100, C-I, C-II, C-III and E

IDL-1	1.008–1.022	285–300	B-100, C-I, C-II, C-III and E	15	47
IDL-2	1.013–1.019	272–285	B-100, C-I, C-II, C-III and E

LDL-I	1.019–1.023	272–285	B-100	4–8	51–58
LDL-II	1.023–1.034	256–272
LDL-III	1.034–1.044	242–256
LDL-IV	1.044–1.06	220–242

HDL-2	1.063–1.125	88–120	A-I, A-II, A-IV C-I, C-II, C-III, D, E, J, L-I and M	2–7	18–25
HDL-3	1.125–1.210	72–88	A-I, A-II, A-IV C-I, C-II, C-III, D, E, J, L-I and M