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. 2011 Mar 14;121(4):1402–1411. doi: 10.1172/JCI44442

Figure 3. Relationship between diabetes risk and acyl chain content in non-TAG lipid analytes.

Figure 3

The geometric mean ratio of lipid levels in cases versus that in controls in fasting pre-OGTT plasma for (A) CEs, (B) LPCs, (C) PCs, (D) LPEs, and (E) SMs. Each data point represents a distinct lipid analyte, organized along the x axis based on total acyl chain carbon number (left) or double bond content (right). The size of each circle is proportional to the SD of the case/control ratios for each lipid; therefore, smaller circles indicate greater precision, whereas larger circles indicate lesser precision. Note, the 2 panels display the same data points, simply arranged along the x axis by a different variable.