Table 3.

Correlation coefficients (R) between 3-week changes in HDL cholesterol efflux and fluidity of the HDL monolayer and HDL characteristics after olive oil ingestion

	Cholesterol efflux		Fluidity
Variable (3-week changes)	R	P value	R	P value
Cholesterol efflux, %	1	1	0.308	0.004
Fluidity, 1/anisotropy (AU)	0.308	0.004	1	1
HDL Composition
Fatty acids in HDL, %
Arachidonic	0.043	0.700	0.097	0.387
Eicosatreanoic	0.084	0.456	0.033	0.768
Linoleic	−0.235	0.034	0.057	0.613
Oleic	0.025	0.823	0.004	0.972
Palmitic	0.128	0.256	−0.155	0.156
Stearic	0.328	0.003	0.140	0.213
Proteins in HDL, g/L
Apolipoprotein A-I	0.309	0.004	0.123	0.264
Apolipoprotein A-II	0.364	0.001	0.070	0.537
Lipids in HDL, mg/dL
Total Cholesterol	0.287	0.008	−0.010	0.927
Free Cholesterol	0.073	0.509	−0.322	0.003
Esterified Cholesterol	0.225	0.040	0.229	0.036
Triglycerides	0.251	0.021	0.383	<0.001
Phospholipids	0.382	<0.001	0.186	0.091
Triglycerides in HDL core*	−0.041	0.713	0.220	0.044
Oxidative/Antioxidative status of HDL
Oxidative status†
Lag time, min	0.331	0.006	−0.049	0.606
Maxim absorbance, Abs	0.053	0.708	0.125	0.375
Oxidation rate, Abs/s	−0.168	0.189	0.175	0.215
Antioxidative status of HDL, µmol/L
α-tocopherol	−0.021	0.859	−0.001	0.903
γ-tocopherol	−0.022	0.850	0.069	0.549
β-carotene	0.044	0.701	0.016	0.892
β-cryptoxanthin	0.306	0.008	0.034	0.772
Coenzime-Q	0.128	0.291	0.075	0.539
Luteine	0.211	0.066	0.065	0.575
Retinol	0.158	0.170	−0.179	0.120
Phenolic compounds‡	0.138	0.182	0.127	0.271
PON1 activity, U/L	0.139	0.210	0.108	0.332
HDL particle size, µmol/L
HDL mean size (total)¥	0.076	0.494	0.379	<0.001
Small HDL particles	−0.349	0.001	−0.635	<0.001
Medium HDL particles	0.273	0.012	0.241	0.027
Large HDL particles	0.224	0.041	0.155	0.158

AU, arbitrary units. PON1, Paraoxonase-1.

^*Calculated as triglycerides/esterified cholesterol ratio.

^†Conjugated dienes formation curve.

^‡nmol/L.

^¥nanometers