TABLE 2.

Plasma lipid, lipoprotein, and apolipoprotein concentrations in CKD and control subjects

	CKD (n = 7)		Control (n = 7)
Lipid	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	P value
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)	5.59	0.46	5.06	0.30	0.35
LDL cholesterol (mmol/l)	2.99	0.34	2.93	0.20	0.89
HDL cholesterol (mmol/l)	1.43	0.16	1.74	0.19	0.25
Non-HDL cholesterol (mmol/l)	4.15	0.58	3.32	0.24	0.22
Plasma triglycerides (mmol/l)	2.49	0.73	0.83	0.10	0.01
VLDL triglycerides (mmol/l)	1.62	0.53	0.37	0.08	<0.01
VLDL cholesterol (mmol/l)	1.14	0.46	0.18	0.04	0.01
Non esterified free fatty acids (NEFA)	0.29	0.05	0.33	0.03	0.58
Plasma apoB (g/l)	1.06	0.11	0.96	0.05	0.39
Plasma apoB-48 (mg/l)	5.11	0.53	2.86	0.28	<0.01
Plasma apoA-I (g/l)	1.64	0.12	1.86	0.13	0.24
Plasma apoA-II (g/l)	0.30	0.02	0.34	0.02	0.19
Plasma apoA-V (μg/l)	105.82	49.31	13.36	1.23	0.04
Lipoprotein lipase mass (ng/ml)	48.76	8.04	58.45	13.88	0.56

Data are presented as means ± SEM. To convert cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and non-HDL cholesterol from mmol/l to mg/dl, divide by 0.0259; to convert triglycerides from mmol/l to mg/dl, divide by 0.0113.