Table 2. Lipoprotein particle subclass concentrations, average lipoprotein particle sizes, lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations and apolipoprotein concentrations in women and men.

Variable	Women	Men	P between genders
Large VLDL-P (nmol/l)	1.44 ± 1.91 (0.63, 2.25)	3.44 ± 2.87 (2.92, 3.85)	.001
Medium VLDL-P	7.73 ± 6.04 (5.67, 6.85)	13.66 ± 6.84 (12.45, 10.15)	< .001
Small VLDL-P	51.3 ± 18.4	69.2 ± 19.0	< .001
Large LDL-P (nmol/l)	222 ± 67	261 ± 66	.012
Medium LDL-P	107 ± 34	129 ± 33	.005
Small LDL-P	122 ± 36	144 ± 36	.012
Large HDL-P (μmol/l)	1.78 ± 0.54	1.09 ± 0.37	< .001
Medium HDL-P	1.87 ± 0.24	1.74 ± 0.28	.021
Small HDL-P	4.22 ± 0.36	4.41 ± 0.33	.020
VLDL-size (nm)	35.11 ± 1.17 (34.88, 1.42)	36.09 ± 1.22 (36.06, 2.13)	< .001
LDL-size	23.64 ± 0.16	23.64 ± 0.13	.993
HDL size	10.12 ± 0.25	9.80 ± 0.17	< .001
Apo A1 (g/l)	1.72 ± 0.19	1.56 ± 0.19	< .001
Apo B	0.81 ± 0.22	0.97 ± 0.22	.002
TC (mmol/l)	5.08 ± 1.06	5.36 ± 0.99	.241
LDL-C	3.07 ± 1.02	3.61 ± 0.88	.017
HDL-C	1.60 ± 0.29	1.27 ± 0.26	< .001
TG	0.78 ± 0.34 (0.66, 0.38)	1.11 ± 0.42 (1.03, 0.59)	< .001

Values are means ± SD (median, interquartile range). VLDL-P = very low density lipoprotein particle concentration; LDL-P = low density lipoprotein particle concentration; HDL-P = high density lipoprotein particle concentration; Apo = apolipoprotein; TC = total cholesterol; LDL-C = low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C = high density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG = triacylglycerol