Table 2.

VLDL Database Structure

	Naming	Included	Primary Purpose
Summation dataset	VLDL	First VAP test for each patient	Large‐scale analyses; examination of rare or extreme phenotypes
3‐year interval dataset	VLDL 2006–2008, VLDL 2009–2011, VLDL 2012–2014, and so on	First VAP test for each patient in 3‐year intervals	Large‐scale contemporary data analysis; secular trend assessment
Serial lab dataset	VLDL‐S	All VAP tests for patients with repeated testing	Reproducibility of measurements; associations of changes in parameters
Ancillary datasets	VLDL‐XXXX where XXXX is the other non‐VAP analyte (eg, VLDL‐ApoB, VLDL‐VitD, VLDL‐hsCRP)	Samples with VAP plus another relevant analyte; nested within summation dataset	Assessment of association of VAP test parameters with other analytes

Abbreviations: ApoB, apolipoprotein B; hsCRP, high‐sensitivity C‐reactive protein; VAP, Vertical Auto Profile; VitD, vitamin D; VLDL, Very Large Database of Lipids.