Table I.

Characteristics of the study population.

Parameter	Mean±SD (n%)
Age (years)	44.32±11.56
Sex (male/female)	63 (50.8%)/61 (49.2%)
Serum LDL-C (mmol/L)	3.12±0.7
Serum HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.42±0.28
Serum total cholesterol (TC, mmol/L)	4.74±36.31
Serum total triglyceride (mmol/L)	2.39±1.41
Serum LDL-C/HDL-C	2.26±0.66
Serum LDL-C/TC	0.68±0.15
Serum PCSK9 (µg/L)	3.62±1.5
Serum small dense-LDL-C (sdLDL-C, mmol/L)	0.91±0.05
Total cholesterol (serum sdLDL-C fraction, mmol/L)	1.93±0.94
Cellular LDL-C/protein (mol/g)	0.08±0.03
Cellular total cholesterol/protein (mol/g)	0.17±0.027