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Published in final edited form as: Eur J Clin Nutr. 2012 Sep 5;66(11):1229–1233. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2012.118

TABLE 3.

Composition and apolipoprotein content of LDL subclasses at baseline

	total mass mg/dL	TG	FC	CE	PL	protein	apoB	apoCIII	apoE

		% composition					mg/dL plasma
LDL total	251.6 ± 67.5	3.7 ± 0.9	8.0 ± 1.2	41.0 ± 2.4	21.1 ± 1.2	26.2 ± 1.4	54.47 ± 21.57	0.59 ± 0.31	0.47 ± 0.17
LDL I	26.5 ± 9.1^a	7.7 ± 2.2^a	9.6 ± 1.3^a	39.5 ± 2.9^a	21.8 ± 0.6^a	21.4 ± 1.8^a	4.51 ± 1.62^a	0.09 ± 0.09^ab	0.06 ± 0.05^a
LDL II	46.6 ± 14.9^b	3.7 ± 1.4^b	8.8 ± 1.3^a	43.8 ± 3.2^b	21.6 ± 1.1^a	22.1 ± 1.6^a	9.30 ± 2.99^b	0.06 ± 0.08^a	0.02 ± 0.02^b
LDL III	117.6 ± 55.1^c	2.8 ± 0.8^c	8.8 ± 2.5^ab	40.4 ± 11.4^abc	21.7 ± 4.5^ab	26.2 ± 5.3^b	27.38 ± 12.45^c	0.09 ± 0.07^b	0.07 ± 0.04^a
LDL IV	28.5 ± 18.5^ab	3.3 ± 1.7^bc	7.7 ± 0.4^b	33.8 ± 3.1^c	20.0 ± 1.2^b	35.2 ± 2.6^c	6.29 ± 4.23^ab	0.18 ± 0.09^c	0.13 ± 0.07^c

Values are means ± SD. n=10. Means in a column without a common letter differ, P < 0.05. Paired t-test across LDL subclasses.

FC, free cholesterol; CE, cholesterol ester; PL, phospholipid.