Identification of the HDL-ApoCIII to VLDL-ApoCIII ratio as a predictor of coronary artery disease in the general population: The Chin-Shan Community Cardiovascular Cohort (CCCC) study in Taiwan

Table 2 Correlation of lipid and apolipoprotein parameters with CAD in various lipidemic groups

	NL			HTG^a			HC^b			HLP^c
	(n=40)	(n=15)		(n=59)	(n=11)		(n=36)	(n=29)		(n=65)	(n=35)
CAD	–	+		–	+		–	+		–	+
			P value			P value			P value			P value
TG	78.9±17.3	101.4±26.0	NS	345.4±15.0	396.0±33.6	NS	90.4±17.5	110.2±19.8	NS	391.5±12.9	333.2±17.5	0.008
TC	160.6±5.8	175.8±8.7	NS	171.7±5.0	178.3±11.3	NS	275.4±5.9	261.6±6.6	NS	280.9±4.3	272.6±5.9	NS
LDL-C	103.2±6.3	119.8±9.5	NS	120.8±5.5	104.1±12.3	NS	210.1±6.4	201.6±7.2	NS	219.3±4.7	199.2±6.5	0.01
HDL-C	47.5±1.7	35.8±2.6	0.0004	38.0±1.5	26.4±3.4	0.0025	53.2±1.8	38.6±2.0	0.0001	39.5±1.3	36.2±1.8	NS
Lp(a)	2.19±0.39	4.41±0.26	0.0001	3.38±0.22	3.69±0.87	NS	4.54±0.26	3.23±0.33	0.001	4.34±0.19	4.86±0.35	NS
ApoAI	122±4.9	95.9±6.7	0.002	127±5.5	108±8.6	NS	138±4.5	107±5.0	0.001	135±3.4	114±4.5	0.0003
ApoB	75±5.3	79±7.3	NS	85.6±6.0	127±9.4	0.0002	113±4.9	114±5.5	NS	142±3.7	152±4.9	NS
ApoCIII	14.5±0.9	18.4±1.3	0.02	16.8±0.8	16.0±1.7	NS	21.3±0.9	17.9±1.0	0.01	22.4±0.6	16.5±0.9	0.0001
ApoE	3.33±0.34	2.96±0.52	NS	4.30±0.30	6.63±0.67	0.002	4.18±0.35	3.79±0.33	NS	4.98±0.26	6.13±0.37	0.01

Data are presented as mean ± standard error of the mean, and all units are mg/dL.
CAD = coronary artery disease; NL = normolipidemic; HTG = hypertriglyceridemic; HC = hypercholesterolemic; HLP = hyperlipidemic; TG = triglyceride; NS = nonsignificant; TC = total cholesterol; LDL-C = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; Lp(a) = lipoprotein (a); Apo = apolipoprotein.
^aTG >150 mg/dL.
^bTC >200 mg/dL.
^cHC + HTG.

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