Table 2.

Laboratory data [10]

	Before apheresis	After apheresis	Reduction rate (%)
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	218.45 ± 46.02	115.27 ± 25.28**	47.2
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)	57.65 ± 14.38	46.62 ± 10.56**	19.1
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)	127.17 ± 41.75	55.50 ± 22.91**	56.4
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	195.47 ± 122.41	85.74 ± 22,64**	56.1
Lipoprotein(a) (mg/dl)	30.61 ± 28.37	11.60 ± 9.53**	62.1
Fibrinogen (mg/dl)	308.70 ± 90.95	118.58 ± 54.51**	61.6

**p < 0.001