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. 2014 Jul;55(7):1498–1504. doi: 10.1194/jlr.P049064

TABLE 2.

Partial correlations of lipoprotein subclasses and endogenous sex hormones

E2 (pg/ml) SHBG (nM) Testosterone (ng/dl) FAI
Lipoprotein Subclasses ρ P ρ P ρ P ρ P
VLDL-P concentration, nmol/l
 Total −0.049 0.61 −0.128 0.18 0.141 0.14 0.218 0.02
 Large −0.097 0.31 −0.164 0.09 0.004 0.96 0.154 0.10
 Medium −0.102 0.28 −0.053 0.58 0.111 0.25 0.139 0.14
 Small 0.045 0.64 −0.041 0.67 0.175 0.07 0.150 0.11
LDL-P concentration, nmol/l
 Total −0.162 0.09 −0.133 0.16 0.116 0.22 0.208 0.02
 Large 0.032 0.74 0.119 0.31 0.003 0.97 −0.112 0.24
 Small (total) −0.143 0.14 −0.193 0.04 0.104 0.28 0.249 0.008
 Medium small −0.188 0.048 −0.204 0.03 0.105 0.27 0.273 0.004
 Very small LDL −0.133 0.17 −0.188 0.048 0.120 0.21 0.244 0.01
HDL-P concentration, umol/l
 Total 0.043 0.66 0.026 0.78 0.000 0.99 −0.081 0.39
 Large 0.120 0.21 0.090 0.35 −0.110 0.25 −0.193 0.04
 Medium −0.167 0.08 0.039 0.69 −0.132 0.17 −0.142 0.14
 Small 0.052 0.59 −0.032 0.74 0.083 0.39 0.030 0.75
VLDL-P size, nm −0.011 0.91 −0.070 0.46 −0.001 0.95 0.079 0.41
LDL-P size, nm 0.099 0.30 0.211 0.03 −0.104 0.28 −0.263 0.005
HDL-P size, nm 0.217 0.02 0.247 0.009 −0.190 0.045 −0.353 0.0001

All models adjusted for age, race, cycle day of the blood draw, BMI, physical activity, and alcohol consumption.