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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2014 Jul 16;165(4):727–731. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.06.017

Table III. Atherogenic and atheroprotective lipoprotein subclasses and cholesterol concentrations adapted from Ref.[41, 42].

Lipoprotein Subclasses KD Cohorts

Atherogenic Subclasses Pediatric KD compared to pediatric HC Adult KD compared to adult HC
Small LDL-P NS
Small HDL-P
Total LDL-P NS
IDL-P
Total VLDL/Chylomicrons
LDL-C NS
Total Triglycerides

Atheroprotective Subclasses Pediatric KD compared to pediatric HC Adult KD compared to adult HC

Large HDL-P NS
Total HDL-P NS
HDL-C NS

HC=healthy controls; LDL-P=low-density lipoprotein particles; HDL-P=high-density lipoprotein particles; IDL-P=intermediate-density lipoprotein particles; VLDL=very-low-density lipoprotein; LDL-C= low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C=high-density lipoprotein cholesterol