Table 2.
Markers of lipid profile of the populations under study.
| Parameters | (1) Effects of TGs levels (normal versus high) on normal and low HDL-c conditions/populations | (2) Effects of HDL-c levels (normal versus high) on normal and high TGs conditions | (3) Effects of variations of both HDL-c and TGs levels | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal HDL-c (n = 119) | Low HDL-c (n = 50) | |||||||||
| Normal TGs (n = 83) Population A | High TGs (n = 36) Population B |
P
A versus B |
Normal TGs (n = 17) Population C | High TGs (n = 33) Population D |
P
C versus D |
(Normal TGs) P (A versus C) | (High TGs) P
(B versus D) |
P
A versus D |
P
B versus C |
|
| Total-c (mmol/L) | 4.60 ± 0.10 | 5.54 ± 0.20 | 0.000 | 4.48 ± 0.19 | 5.45 ± 0.20 | 0.004 | 0.599 | 0.768 | 0.000 | 0.002 |
| TGs (mmol/L) | 1.06 ± 0.03 | 2.53 ± 0.13 | 0.000 | 1.23 ± 0.07 | 3.23 ± 0.19 | 0.000 | 0.049 | 0.006 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| HDL-c (mmol/L) | 1.50 ± 0.03 | 1.42 ± 0.04 | 0.229 | 1.04 ± 0.04 | 1.00 ± 0.03 | 0.385 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Large HDL (%) | 37.54 ± 1.25 | 29.41 ± 1.83 | 0.000 | 26.10 ± 2.38 | 28.16 ± 2.06 | 0.541 | 0.000 | 0.646 | 0.000 | 0.295 |
| Interm HDL (%) | 44.83 ± 0.72 | 45.74 ± 0.97 | 0.474 | 48.95 ± 1.36 | 47.42 ± 1.34 | 0.667 | 0.017 | 0.311 | 0.071 | 0.064 |
| Small HDL (%) | 17.62 ± 0.72 | 24.84 ± 1.57 | 0.000 | 24.92 ± 2.99 | 24.32 ± 2.06 | 0.937 | 0.005 | 0.991 | 0.000 | 0.927 |
| LDL-c (mmol/L) | 2.61 ± 0.09 | 3.02 ± 0.19 | 0.049 | 2.89 ± 0.18 | 3.09 ± 0.20 | 0.517 | 0.176 | 0.831 | 0.029 | 0.937 |
| Ox-LDL (U/L) | 33.65 ± 1.40 | 40.00 ± 2.43 | 0.018 | 38.55 ± 2.77 | 40.83 ± 3.01 | 0.825 | 0.148 | 0.830 | 0.016 | 0.728 |
| Ox-LDL/LDL-c | 12.85 ± 0.39 | 13.73 ± 0.68 | 0.229 | 13.34 ± 1.02 | 14.33 ± 0.84 | 0.476 | 0.616 | 0.572 | 0.153 | 0.655 |
| Non-HDL-c (mmol/L) | 3.10 ± 0.09 | 4.12 ± 0.21 | 0.000 | 3.44 ± 0.18 | 4.45 ± 0.19 | 0.002 | 0.111 | 0.242 | 0.000 | 0.047 |
| Total-c/HDL-c | 3.17 ± 0.08 | 4.03 ± 0.19 | 0.000 | 4.40 ± 0.25 | 5.56 ± 0.23 | 0.002 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.194 |
| LDL-c/HDL-c | 1.82 ± 0.08 | 2.22 ± 0.16 | 0.037 | 2.84 ± 0.23 | 3.15 ± 0.23 | 0.539 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.032 |
| TGs/HDL-c (mmol/L) | 0.75 ± 0.03 | 1.85 ± 0.12 | 0.000 | 1.20 ± 0.09 | 3.38 ± 0.25 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| PON1 activity | 487.23 ± 16.04 | 509.12 ± 37.36 | 0.593 | 523.43 ± 64.79 | 503.52 ± 39.36 | 0.778 | 0.776 | 0.918 | 0.902 | 0.810 |
Results are presented as media ± SEM. Independent samples t-test and Mann-Whitney test for normalized and nonnormalized samples, respectively. HDL-c: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-c: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; Ox-LDL: oxidized low-density lipoprotein; TGs: triglycerides; Total-c: total cholesterol.