Table 2.

Plasma lipoprotein particle concentrations and sizes before and after 3 wk of transdermal testosterone treatment in obese, premenopausal women

	Before	After	P Value
VLDL particles, total, nmol/l	52.2 ± 8.5	52.5 ± 11.5	0.96
Large	0.52 (0.10, 1.27)	0.37 (0.22, 2.33)	0.77
Medium	21.4 ± 3.9	20.0 ± 4.7	0.65
Small	28.9 ± 5.3	30.2 ± 6.3	0.69
Average VLDL size, nm	47.6 ± 2.2	49.6 ± 2.3	0.25
LDL particles, nmol/l	902 (745, 918)	875 (830, 940)	0.43
Large	430 ± 43	391 ± 43	0.17
Small	407 ± 71	446 ± 58	0.33
Average LDL size, nm	21.6 ± 0.2	21.4 ± 0.2	0.13
HDL particles, μmol/l	32.7 ± 1.3	30.1 ± 1.0	0.03
Large	7.5 ± 1.2	6.7 ± 1.1	0.19
Medium	4.7 ± 1.3	4.4 ± 1.1	0.80
Small	20.1 (16.5, 23.3)	18.0 (16.9, 19.0)	0.23
Average HDL size, nm	9.0 ± 0.1	9.0 ± 0.1	0.37

Values are means ± SE or median (quartiles). VLDL, very low-density lipoprotein.