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Table 2 Effect of krill oil supplementation on plasma lipoprotein concentrations

From: Krill oil reduces plasma triacylglycerol level and improves related lipoprotein particle concentration, fatty acid composition and redox status in healthy young adults - a pilot study

VLDL particle concentration, nmol/L

Baseline

End of study

p-value

 Total VLDL & Chylomicron

32.8 ± 22.4

28.1 ± 18.8

0.06

 Large VLDL & Chylomicron

1.3 ± 1.0

1.0 ± 0.6

0.04

 Medium

11.1 ± 10.4

8.9 ± 8.7

0.07

 Small

20.4 ± 12.9

18.3 ± 14.0

0.2

LDL particle concentration, nmol/L

   

 Total

873.6 ± 288.9

943.4 ± 352.8

0.04

 Large

447.8 ± 201.5

528.5 ± 218.4

0.04

 Small

352.1 ± 230.0

348.5 ± 260.8

0.7

 IDL

73.7 ± 43.2

66.4 ± 76.4

0.4

HDL particle concentration, μmol/L

  

 Total

32.1 ± 5.6

33.4 ± 5.7

0.03

 Large

8.7 ± 2.8

9.8 ± 3.6

0.04

 Medium

10.4 ± 5.6

10.1 ± 5.7

1.0

 Small

13.0 ± 3.5

13.5 ± 4.3

0.9

  1. Values are given as means ± standard deviation (n = 17). P-values ≤ 0.05 were considered statistically significant
  2. Abbreviations: HDL high-density lipoprotein, IDL intermediate-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, VLDL very low-density lipoprotein