Table 2.
Lipoprotein particle concentrations and sizes according to the quartile of pericardial fat volume
| Characteristics | n | Pericardial fat volume, cm3 |
P for
trend |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartile 1 (<47.7) |
Quartile 2 (47.8-68.5) |
Quartile 3 (68.6-96.3) |
Quartile 4 (>96.4) |
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| Lipoprotein particle concentration | ||||||
| VLDL-P, nmol/L | ||||||
| Total | 5407 | 55.7 (33.5) | 66.1 (35.1) | 70.0 (35.4) | 73.9 (33.9) | <0.001 |
| Large | 5407 | 2.5 (3.9) | 3.8 (4.6) | 4.8 (5.4) | 6.9 (6.4) | <0.001 |
| Medium | 5407 | 21.4 (19.1) | 27.7 (21.6) | 30.1 (21.3) | 33.0 (21.9) | <0.001 |
| Small | 5407 | 31.8 (19.9) | 34.7 (19.6) | 35.1 (19.7) | 34.1 (18.8) | 0.45 |
| IDL-P, nmol/L | 5407 | 116 (93) | 133 (97) | 136 (100) | 132 (96) | <0.001 |
| LDL-P, nmol/L | ||||||
| Total | 5407 | 1031 (295) | 1139 (311) | 1155 (316) | 1191 (318) | <0.001 |
| Large | 5407 | 682 (236) | 640 (245) | 585 (253) | 524 (252) | <0.001 |
| Small | 5407 | 349 (336) | 499 (376) | 570 (365) | 667 (372) | <0.001 |
| HDL-P, μmol/L | ||||||
| Total | 5407 | 35.4 (7.0) | 34.4 (6.8) | 33.3 (6.3) | 32.2 (6.1) | <0.001 |
| Large | 5407 | 7.9 (3.9) | 6.4 (3.5) | 5.6 (3.0) | 4.6 (2.6) | <0.001 |
| Medium | 5407 | 14.9 (7.4) | 14.2 (7.2) | 12.9 (6.4) | 11.8 (5.9) | <0.001 |
| Small | 5407 | 12.6 (5.6) | 13.8 (5.6) | 14.9 (5.5) | 15.8 (5.1) | <0.001 |
| Lipoprotein particle size, nm | ||||||
| VLDL-P | 5015 | 45.5 (6.8) | 47.2 (7.2) | 48.4 (7.4) | 51.2 (8.4) | <0.001 |
| LDL-P | 5405 | 21.0 (0.5) | 20.8 (0.5) | 20.7 (0.5) | 20.6 (0.5) | <0.001 |
| HDL-P | 5407 | 9.5 (0.5) | 9.3 (0.4) | 9.2 (0.4) | 9.1 (0.4) | <0.001 |
Data are expressed as mean (SD). P for trend was estimated from multivariable linear regression model with continuous pericardial fat volume as the dependent variable after adjusting for age, sex, and race/ethnicity.