. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 12.

Published in final edited form as: Lipids. 2010 Aug 12;45(8):723–731. doi: 10.1007/s11745-010-3453-9

Table 2.

Lipid classes in LDL from healthy subjects and type-2 diabetic patients.

Lipid class	Healthy subjects	Type-2 diabetic patients

	nmol/mg protein	nmol/mg protein
Cholesteryl esters	2472 ± 152	1949 ± 110^**
Cholesterol	1112 ± 187	1199 ± 76
Triacylglycerols	154 ± 16	269 ± 49^*
Phosphatidylcholine	504 ± 15	473 ± 12
Ethanolamine phospholipids	17 ± 2	19 ± 2

Values represent means ± S.E.M. of at least six determinations per group.

p ≤ 0.05 and

^**

p ≤ 0.01 compared with healthy subjects.