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Table 5 Sizes of lipoprotein particles

From: The association of very-low-density lipoprotein with ankle-brachial index in peritoneal dialysis patients with controlled serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level

 

All

High-ABI group

Low-ABI group

p

VLDL (nm)

40.19 ± 2.09

39.83 ± 1.79

41.62 ± 2.70

0.041*

LDL (nm)

25.26 ± 0.34

25.28 ± 0.32

25.20 ± 0.43

0.58

HDL (nm)

10.85 ± 0.35

10.85 ± 0.35

10.85 ± 0.34

0.99

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. The values are compared between the groups by t-test. *, p<0.05.
  2. Abbreviations: ABI, ankle-brachial index; High-ABI group, group of patients with high ABI (ABI>0.9); Low-ABI group, group of patients with low ABI (0.9 or low); VLDL, very-low-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein.