Lipoprotein heterogeneity in persons with Spinal Cord Injury: a model of prolonged sitting and restricted physical activity

Table 3 Pearson correlations between NMR subclass particle size with FPI by HDL group

	AB-Normal		AB-Low		SCI-Normal		SCI-Low
	r	p value	r	p value	r	p value	r	p value
Particle Size
VLDL	0.27	0.09	-	NS	0.30	0.055	0.35	0.057
LDL	-	NS	0.6	0.09	-	NS	−0.32	0.09
HDL	−0.34	0.03	-	NS	-	NS	−0.31	0.09
Particle Subclasses
VLDL
Total			-	NS	−0.30	0.052	0.41	0.02
Large	0.27	0.09	-	NS	-	NS	0.36	0.053
Small	-	NS	-	NS	-	NS	0.33	0.07
LDL
Total	-	NS	-	NS	-	NS	0.44	0.02
Intermediate	-	NS	-	NS	−0.27	0.08	-	NS
Large	-	NS	-	NS	-	NS	-	NS
Small	0.33	0.055	-	NS	0.32	0.04	0.60	0.0001
HDL
Total	-	NS	-	NS	-	NS	-	NS
Large	−0.31	0.053	-	NS	-	NS	−0.37	0.05
Small	-	NS	-	NS	-	NS	-	NS

Correlations between group means for FPI and the respective NMR lipoprotein particle. AB able-bodied, SCI spinal cord injury, Normal: HDL-C >40 mg/dl; Low: HDL-C ≤40 mg/dl; VLDL very low density lipoprotein, LDL low density lipoprotein, HDL high density lipoprotein

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