Fig. 4

Changes of lipoprotein particle concentrations by impairment of glucose metabolism as described in literature. Concentration increase ( +) or decrease (-) in with IFG, IGT, and T2D, green, significant increase, blue significant decrease. Note that. f, fasting, nf, non-fasting. The nomenclature of the lipoprotein subclasses and the correspondent particle diameters d were similar to those given by Huber et al. [4] and Kaess et al. [35]. The definitions of subclasses and particle diameters d vary from study to study. The results of these studies were assigned as good as possible by the diameters to the subclasses given here. Data are taken from Kalbitzer (this study); Festa et al., [7]: Mora et al. [9]; Hodge et al. [8]); Mackey et al. [11]; Wang et al. [10]; Sokooti et al. [13]