Table 1. Charactaristic data and tocopherol levels in volunteer subjects.

	Total	Healthy	Dyslipidemia	P value
	(n = 69)	(n = 38)	(n = 31)	Healthy vs
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	dyslipidemia
Age (year)	39.4 ± 8.0	39.4 ± 9.1	39.5 ± 6.6	NS
BMI (kg/m2)	22.9 ± 2.6	21.7 ± 2.1	24.4 ± 2.4	P < 0.00001
Systemic blood pressure (mmHg)	110.9 ± 12.1	108.0 ± 10.9	114.6 ± 114.6	P < 0.05
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	71.6 ± 8.9	68.8 ± 7.2	75.0 ± 9.7	P < 0.001
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	5.06 ± 0.83	4.55 ± 0.59	5.70 ± 0.70	P < 0.00001
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	1.37 ± 1.79	0.68 ± 0.25	2.21 ± 2.42	P < 0.00001
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	1.49 ± 0.37	1.64 ± 0.34	1.31 ± 0.34	P < 0.0005
LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	3.30 ± 0.90	0.87 ± 0.53	3.93 ± 0.87	P < 0.00001
VLDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	0.44 ± 0.61	0.19 ± 0.09	0.74 ± 0.81	P < 0.00001
γ-tocopherol in HDL (mmol/mol-cholesterol)	0.62 ± 0.19	0.59 ± 0.16	0.65 ± 0.23	NS
α-tocopherol in HDL (mmol/mol-cholesterol)	5.20 ± 0.84	5.20 ± 0.83	5.20 ± 0.87	NS
γ-tocopherol in LDL (mmol/mol-cholesterol)	0.32 ± 0.11	0.32 ± 0.09	0.32 ± 0.13	NS
α-tocopherol in LDL (mmol/mol-cholesterol)	3.23 ± 0.60	3.25 ± 0.62	3.20 ± 0.60	NS
γ-tocopherol in VLDL (mmol/mol-cholesterol)	1.74 ± 0.84	2.18 ± 0.79	1.20 ± 0.53	P < 0.00001
α-tocopherol in VLDL (mmol/mol-cholesterol)	12.74 ± 3.88	13.83 ± 4.49	11.39 ± 2.40	P < 0.05
γ/α-tocopherol in HDL (mol/mol)	0.116 ± 0.034	0.110 ± 0.030	0.122 ± 0.038	NS
γ/α-tocopherol in LDL (mol/mol)	0.097 ± 0.029	0.095 ± 0.025	0.098 ± 0.034	NS
γ/α-tocopherol in VLDL (mol/mol)	0.133 ± 0.055	0.158 ± 0.052	0.103 ± 0.041	P < 0.00005

NS indicates not significant.