TABLE 2.

VLDL and LDL compositions of mouse plasma lipoproteins separated by FPLC

	TG	CE	FC	PL	Protein
VLDL composition (%)
Ldlr−/−	90 ± 0.51	1.91 ± 0.10	0.44 ± 0.19	2.18 ± 0.16	5.68 ± 0.20
LTp	92 ± 0.12	1.81 ± 0.04	0.61 ± 0.12	1.39 ± 0.06	4.24 ± 0.12
LDb	88 ± 1.39	2.84 ± 0.36	1.34 ± 0.29	2.86 ± 0.28	7.86 ± 0.55
LDL composition (%)
Ldlr−/−	10 ± 2	23 ± 0.9	17 ± 0.9	13 ± 0.6	37 ± 1.0
LTp	13 ± 1.5	22 ± 1.5	21 ± 2.0	12 ± 0.9	33 ± 1.2
LDb	12 ± 3.8	27 ± 0.9	7 ± 1.0	16 ± 0.6	37 ± 0.7
P for LDL
Ldlr−/− versus LTp	ns	ns	ns	ns	—
Ldlr−/− versus LDb	ns	0.0201	0.0045	0.0213	—
LTp versus LDb	ns	0.0302	0.0246	0.0261	—
P for VLDL
Ldlr−/− versus LTp	ns	ns	ns	0.0445	0.0087
Ldlr−/− versus LDb	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
LTp versus LDb	ns	ns	ns	0.0358	0.0234

The VLDL and LDL compositions of Ldlr^−/−, LTp, and LDb mice are expressed in percentage of total weight (percent of each lipid ± percent of SEM). Ps are tabulated. Statistical analyses were performed using two-tailed unpaired t-tests with Welch’s correction (GraphPad Prism software, version 5). P < 0.05 (two-tailed) was considered to be statistically significant. ns, not significant.