Table 3.

Comparison of the cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations in the four major lipoprotein fractions according to hepatitis C virus infection status

Major class	Active HCV group	Eradication group	P value	Active HCV group	Eradication group	P value
	Cholesterol (mg/dL)			Triglyceride (mg/dL)
CM	0.19 ± 0.19	0.19 ± 0.18	0.86	1.21 ± 1.53	1.28 ± 1.31	0.774
VLDL	29.04 ± 12.31	26.12 ± 10.66	0.187	57.66 ± 42.06	65.97 ± 44.18	0.314
LDL	87.94 ± 24.11	117.31 ± 26.91	< 0.001	36.25 ± 15.28	28.14 ± 9.94	0.001
HDL	49.58 ± 15.19	55.19 ± 16.29	0.064	25.9 ± 7.34	17.17 ± 4.82	< 0.001

The cholesterol concentration in LDL-C was significantly lower and HDL-C was marginally lower in the active HCV group, whereas cholesterol concentrations in CM and VLDL were similar between groups. The TG concentrations in LDL-TG and HDL-TG were significantly higher in the active HCV group, whereas TG concentrations in CM and VLDL were similar between groups. HCV: Hepatitis C virus; CM: Chylomicron; VLDL: Very-low-density lipoprotein; LDL: Low-density lipoprotein; HDL: High-density lipoprotein; TG: Triglyceride.