Figure 3.

The susceptibility of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) to aggregate strongly correlates with the core lipid composition of the particles. Volcano plots showing Spearman correlation coefficients of LDL aggregate size at 2 h vs. LDL core lipids (A) in Health 2000 samples and (B) in Corogene samples. Red circles indicate positive correlations, and blue circles indicate negative correlations. The identities of only those lipids with significance correlation values (P < 0.05) are indicated. CE, cholesteryl ester; TAG, triacylglycerol.