Hemoglobin level and lipoprotein particle size

Table 2 Correlations between plasma triglycerides, HDL or total cholesterol and NMR-measured LDL, HDL or VLDL particle concentration

Plasma cholesterol	NMR-measured particle concentrations
	LDL r (95% CI)	HDL r (95% CI)	VLDL r (95% CI)
Women
Triglycerides	0.29^a	−0.07	0.85^a
HDL	0.09	0.67^a	−0.37^a
Total	0.92^a	0.25^a	0.50^a
Men
Triglycerides	−0.01	−0.03	0.58^a
HDL	0.16^b	0.70^a	−0.45^a
Total	0.89^a	0.34^a	0.43^a

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