Table 3.
Lipoprotein HDL Subfraction
| Young N = 12 |
Old N = 12 |
Old n-3 N = 12 |
Young vs Old | Old n-3 vs Old | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratio | Adj p | Ratio | Adj p | ||||
| HDL Subfractions | |||||||
| Triglycerides, HDL-1 | 2.24 ± 0.38 | 3.54 ± 0.52 | 4.81 ± 0.74 | 0.63 | .403 | 1.36 | .004 |
| Triglycerides, HDL-2 | 1.55 ± 0.24 | 1.67 ± 0.21 | 2.06 ± 0.25 | 0.93 | .882 | 1.23 | .005 |
| Triglycerides, HDL-3 | 2.06 ± 0.28 | 1.97 ± 0.20 | 1.94 ± 0.17 | 1.05 | .906 | 0.98 | .825 |
| Triglycerides, HDL-4 | 3.10 ± 0.36 | 2.92 ± 0.21 | 2.07 ± 0.20 | 1.06 | .882 | 0.71 | .001 |
| Cholesterol, HDL-1 | 13.3 ± 2.0 | 19.5 ± 1.9 | 27.2 ± 3.1 | 0.68 | .403 | 1.39 | .004 |
| Cholesterol, HDL-2 | 8.47 ± 0.80 | 8.98 ± 0.64 | 11.2 ± 0.9 | 0.94 | .882 | 1.25 | .003 |
| Cholesterol, HDL-3 | 11.1 ± 0.7 | 10.5 ± 0.5 | 10.5 ± 0.5 | 1.06 | .837 | 1.00 | .921 |
| Cholesterol, HDL-4 | 19.7 ± 1.1 | 18.7 ± 0.7 | 14.1 ± 1.0 | 1.05 | .806 | 0.75 | <.001 |
| Free Cholesterol, HDL-1 | 2.81 ± 0.47 | 3.52 ± 0.50 | 5.49 ± 0.64 | 0.80 | .742 | 1.56 | .001 |
| Free Cholesterol, HDL-2 | 1.77 ± 0.19 | 1.54 ± 0.18 | 1.94 ± 0.18 | 1.15 | .799 | 1.26 | .002 |
| Free Cholesterol, HDL-3 | 1.75 ± 0.20 | 1.50 ± 0.14 | 1.38 ± 0.10 | 1.17 | .742 | 0.92 | .186 |
| Free Cholesterol, HDL-4 | 2.99 ± 0.31 | 2.71 ± 0.10 | 1.90 ± 0.21 | 1.10 | .806 | 0.70 | .002 |
| Phospholipids, HDL-1 | 17.5 ± 2.3 | 23.6 ± 2.5 | 31.6 ± 3.7 | 0.74 | .742 | 1.34 | .001 |
| Phospholipids, HDL-2 | 14.0 ± 1.2 | 14.4 ± 1.0 | 16.5 ± 1.2 | 0.97 | .906 | 1.15 | .007 |
| Phospholipids, HDL-3 | 18.5 ± 1.2 | 17.3 ± 0.7 | 15.8 ± 0.7 | 1.07 | .806 | 0.91 | .001 |
| Phospholipids, HDL-4 | 29.0 ± 1.4 | 27.0 ± 0.6 | 19.6 ± 1.3 | 1.07 | .666 | 0.73 | <.001 |
| Apo-A1, HDL-1 | 18.9 ± 3.4 | 27.7 ± 3.5 | 39.7 ± 5.2 | 0.68 | .444 | 1.43 | .004 |
| Apo-A1, HDL-2 | 18.6 ± 1.3 | 19.4 ± 1.0 | 19.7 ± 1.2 | 0.96 | .882 | 1.01 | .646 |
| Apo-A1, HDL-3 | 29.0 ± 1.8 | 27.8 ± 1.0 | 26.1 ± 0.9 | 1.04 | .882 | 0.94 | .009 |
| Apo-A1, HDL-4 | 70.6 ± 3.5 | 68.8 ± 1.5 | 55.0 ± 2.7 | 1.03 | .882 | 0.80 | <.001 |
| Apo-A2, HDL-1 | 2.13 ± 0.34 | 2.42 ± 0.36 | 3.18 ± 0.48 | 0.88 | .882 | 1.31 | .006 |
| Apo-A2, HDL-2 | 3.62 ± 0.32 | 3.16 ± 0.27 | 3.30 ± 0.31 | 1.14 | .742 | 1.04 | .473 |
| Apo-A2, HDL-3 | 6.93 ± 0.53 | 5.63 ± 0.33 | 5.34 ± 0.26 | 1.23 | .403 | 0.95 | .186 |
| Apo-A2, HDL-4 | 18.8 ± 1.1 | 16.3 ± 0.6 | 11.2 ± 1.0 | 1.15 | .403 | 0.69 | <.001 |
Note: Data are shown as mean ± SEM with p-values adjusted for multiple comparisons using the Benjamini–Hochberg Adjustment. HDL = High-density lipoprotein.