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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 4.
Published in final edited form as: Atherosclerosis. 2023 Oct;383:117316. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2023.117316

Figure 3. Cholesterol in main lipoprotein fractions along with plasma triglycerides according to time since last meal.

Figure 3

Dots represent quadratic means adjusted for age and sex and error bars represent 95% confidence intervals. Plasma triglycerides were measured on fresh blood samples using routine hospital assays. Cholesterol content in lipoprotein fractions was measured using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and was corrected for recovery. Left y-axis shows lipoprotein cholesterol concentration; right y-axis shows plasma triglyceride concentration. Bonferroni corrected p-values based on 8 parallel tests using unpaired Student t-test versus fasting levels (≥8 hours) are as follows: *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001. Smallest HDL include S+M HDL. Largest HDL include L+XL HDL. Smallest LDL include S+ M LDL. Smallest VLDL include XS+ S VLDL. Largest VLDL include M+ L+XL+ XXL VLDL. Abbreviations: HDL: high-density lipoproteins. IDL: intermediate-density lipoproteins. L: large. LDL: low-density lipoproteins. M: medium. S: small. VLDL: very low-density lipoproteins. XL: extra large. XS: extra small. XXL: extra extra large.