Table 3.

Phase-specific average numbers of H-bonds, charge pairs, and nonpolar contacts in a cholesterol molecule

	LO phase	LD phase
H-bonds	1.5 (± 0.1)	1.24 (± 0.2)
Other polar pairs	3.9 (± 0.1)	4.6 (± 0.6)
Nonpolar contacts	83 (± 1)	76 (± 2)

Average numbers were calculated using equilibrium MD simulations (i.e., without the pulling of cholesterol out of the bilayer).