Table 2 Blood and Lipid Profiles by HDL Group

Glucose (mmol/l)

4.9 (4.7, 5.1)

5.0 (4.6,5.5)

4.4 (4.1, 4.6)

4.3 (4.0, 4.6)

<0.0001

1,2

Insulin (mU/ml)

18.1 (13.2, 22.9)

27.5 (17.8, 37.1)

19.1 (14.3, 23.8)

27.6 (22.0, 33.2)

0.03

Lipids

Triglycerides (mg/dl)

91 (75, 107)

124 (94, 153)

109 (93, 125)

137 (118, 157)

<0.001

2

Total Cholesterol (mg/dl)

187 (176, 197)

178 (158, 196)

181 (170, 192)

166 (153, 179)

0.1

LDL-C (mg/dl)

109 (100, 118)

117 (101, 133)

110 (101, 119)

104 (93, 114)

NS

HDL-C (mg/dl)

59 (56, 62)

37 (31, 42)

49 (46, 52)

35 (31, 38)

<0.0001

1,2,3,4

VLDL Particle Number (μmol/l)

53.4 (45.3, 61.7)

61.5 (46.3, 76.8)

56.4 (48.3, 64.6)

71.8 (62.1, 81.6)

<0.05

2

     Large VLDL (μmol/l)

2.6 (1.4, 3.8)

4.3 (2.6, 7.1)

3.6 (2.4, 4.8)

5.5 (4.0, 6.9)

<0.05

2

     Small VLDL (μmol/l)

31.8 (26.7, 37.0)

30.2 (16.6, 35.7)

32.9 (27.9, 38.1)

41.2 (35.0, 49.3)

<0.05

5

LDL Particle Number (nmol/l)

1088 (989, 1187)

1349 (1166, 1534)

1211 (1112, 1309)

1175 (1056, 1293)

0.08

     IDL (nmol/l)

89 (67, 112)

97 (55, 139)

111 (90, 132)

87 (62, 112)

NS

     Large LDL (nmol/l)

503 (444, 561)

372 (265, 478)

467 (409, 524)

390 (321, 459)

0.06

     Small LDL (nmol/l)

504 (421, 587)

887 (735, 1041)

633 (551, 715)

698 (599, 796)

<0.0001

2,3

HDL Particle Number (μmol/l)

35.6 (34.2, 37.0)

28.2 (25.6, 30.8)

31.1 (29.7, 32.5)

25.2 (23.5, 27.0)

<0.0001

1,2,3,6

     Large HDL (μmol/l)

6.6 (5.9, 7.3)

2.1 (0.7, 3.4)

4.6 (3.9, 5.3)

2.4 (1.5, 3.3)

<0.0001

1,2,3,4,6

     Small HDL (μmol/l)

16.7 (15.3, 18.1)

17.9 (15.2, 20.5)

15.8 (14.4, 17.2)

14.6 (12.9, 16.3)

NS

VLDL Particle Size (nm)

45.7 (43.8, 47.7)

49.0 (45.4, 52.6)

47.8 (45.9, 49.7)

48.5 (46.2, 50.8)

NS

LDL Particle Size (nm)

20.9 (20.8, 21.1)

20.3 (20.0, 20.5)

20.9 (20.8, 21.1)

20.6 (20.4, 20.8)

<0.0001

2,3,4,6

HDL Particle Size (nm)

9.2 (9.1, 9.3)

8.6 (8.4, 8.8)

9.0 (8.9, 9.2)

8.7 (8.6, 8.9)

<0.0001

2,3,4,6