Table 3.

Pearson correlations between lipoprotein particle profile and glucose metabolic parameters

	FBGa	FINSa	2-h OGTT glucose	HOMA-IRa
VLDL-P (nmol/L)b	0.209	0.293**	0.286**	0.308**
Total LDL-P (nmol/L)	−0.136	−0.062	−0.097	−0.080
lbLDL-P (nmol/L)b	−0.261*	−0.197	−0.178	−0.227*
sdLDL-P /lbLDL-P ratiob	0.297**	0.236*	0.158	0.270**
HDL2b-P (%)	0.029	0.098	0.015	0.096

P values in bold indicate significant differences. *, P < 0.05, **, P < 0.01

^aSkewed variables were logarithmically transformed before testing

^bSkewed variables were square root transformed before testing