Table 2.

Concentrations of lipoprotein subfractions in nondiabetic obese and lean participants.

	Obese (n = 50)	Control (n = 32)	p
VLDL subfraction (mmol/l)	1.165 ± 0.17	0.868 ± 0.17	<0.001
Midband (IDL) (mmol/l)	1.207 ± 0.31	1.505 ± 0.38	<0.001
LDL subfractions
Large LDL (mmol/l)	1.267 (1.06–1.603)	1.047 (0.827–1.344)	<0.01
Small-dense LDL (mmol/l)	0.091 (0.026–0.155)	0.026 (0–0.052)	<0.001
Mean LDL size (nm)	26.98 ± 0.31	27.26 ± 0.37	<0.001
HDL subfractions
Large HDL (mmol/l)	0.284 (0.207–0.388)	0.453 (0.31–0.608)	<0.001
Intermediate HDL (mmol/l)	0.6594 (0.595–0.828)	0.749 (0.659–0.853)	<0.05
Small HDL (mmol/l)	0.336 (0.284–0.388)	0.284 (0.246–0.336)	<0.01

Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation or median (lower quartile–upper quartile).