Table 3.

Lipids and Lipoprotein Values in the Study Population

Variable	Obese Normoglycemic n=118	Obese Pre-diabetic N=96	p value
Lipids (mg/dl)
Total cholesterol	172 (147, 193)	169 (149, 192)	0.85
LDL cholesterol	102 (85, 121)	102 (86, 128)	0.62
HDL cholesterol	47 (42, 54)	45 (41, 51)	0.25
Triglycerides	81 (60, 111)	86 (62, 113)	0.44
Lipoprotein Particle Concentrations
LDL-P (nmol/L)
Total	1037 (834, 1266)	1098 (898, 1353)	0.10
Large	527 (398, 649)	484 (393, 648)	0.46
Small	426 (247,559)	468 (339, 673)	0.010
IDL-P (nmol/L)	124.5 (72.0, 177.0)	106.5 (63.5, 160.5)	0.19
HDL-P (µmol/L)
Total	32.2 (28, 38.8)	31.9 (29.5, 36.6)	0.75
Large	4.4 (3.1, 6.1)	4.0 (2.4, 5.2)	0.027
Intermediate	12.5 (9.2, 15.5)	10.8 (8.3, 13.0)	0.007
Small	15.6 (12.7, 18.3)	17.2 (14.5, 19.7)	0.004
VLDL_P (nmol/L)
Total	2.4 (1.3, 4.0)	2.5 (1.5, 4.2)	0.72
Large	43.2 (26.5, 60.6)	41.8 (25.1, 56.8)	0.71
Intermediate	13.7 (7.9, 26.8)	11.8 (7.5, 23.4)	0.64
Small	23.7 (14.6, 33.9)	21.7 (14.7, 32.3)	0.53
Lipoprotein Particle Size (nm)
LDL	21.1 (20.8, 21.4)	21 (20.6, 21.3)	0.033
HDL	9.0 (8.7, 9.3)	8.8 (8.6, 9.1)	0.010
VLDL	47.2 (44.1, 51.3)	47.8 (44.1, 51.6)	0.58

Values are median (Q1, Q3).