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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2017 Mar 9;86(5):739–746. doi: 10.1111/cen.13310

Table 2.

Baseline measurements for lipoprotein particle size and numbers (mean±SD)

OCP Lifestyle Combined
Total Cholesterol mmol/L 3.97 (0.98) 3.88 (1.15) 4.20 (0.92)
HDL-C mmol/L 1.02 (0.2) 0.97 (0.3) 1.10 (0.22)
HDL P Total HDL-P uM 25.6 (6.0) 25.8 (6.3) 29.0 (5.6)
 Large medium HDL-P uM 12.1 (5.7) 11.9 (7.0) 13.9 (7.2)
 Large HDL-P uM 3.3 (2.0) 2.8 (1.9) 3.3 (1.7)
 Medium HDL-P uM 8.0 (4.9) 8.4 (5.9) 9.8 (6.1)
 Small HDL-P uM 13.0 (4.2) 13.4 (4.2) 14.8 (4.1)
 HDL-P size nm 9.1 (0.3) 8.9 (0.4) 8.9 (0.3)
 IDL-P nM 262.3 (127.1) 195.8 (118.3) 217.5 (112.1)
LDL-C mmol/L 2.64 (0.79) 2.58 (0.91) 2.79 (0.82)
LDL-P Total LDL-P nM 1000.9 (370.3) 1006.1 (362.2) 1102.9 (363.7)
 Large LDL-P nM 344.0 (171.9) 375.7 (174.3) 404.0 (198.5)
 Small LDL-P nM 283.0 (295.3) 322.4 (225.4) 357.7 (278.7)
 LDL-P size nm 21.3 (0.7) 21.1 (0.7) 21.2 (0.7)
Triglycerides mmol/L 1.16 (0.38) 1.18 (0.46) 1.21 (0.42)
Very Large LDL-P nM 1085.8 (344.7) 1094.9 (346.1) 1179.4 (338.2)
VLDL P  Total VLDL /  Chylomicrons nM 53.1 (22.0) 57.7 (28.9) 53.9 (23.3)
 Large/medium VLDL-p nM 20.6 (12.5) 21.3 (11.1) 19.8 (10.8)
 Large VLDL-P nM 3.3 (2.9) 3.7 (2.9) 3.8 (3.6)
 Medium VLDL-P nM 18.0 (12.6) 18.2 (9.9) 16.4 (9.3)
 Small VLDL-P nM 32.8 (14.5) 36.3 (20.8) 34.2 (16.4)
 VLDL-Psize nm 47.6 (7.1) 47.1 (6.5) 48.5 (9.2)

There are no significant differences between groups.