Relationship between Icodextrin use and decreased level of small low-density lipoprotein cholesterol fractioned by high-performance gel permeation chromatography

Table 4 Cholesterol proportions in lipoprotein fractions in icodextrin group compared with those in control group

Class	Subclass	Fraction	ALL	Control	Icodextrin	p
CM		F1	0.0036±0.0075	0.0045±0.01	0.0029±0.0036	0.47
CM		F2	0.0025±0.0043	0.0028±0.0055	0.0022±0.0029	0.63
VLDL	Large VLDL	F3	0.0095±0.01	0.01±0.012	0.0091±0.0087	0.78
		F4	0.02±0.019	0.021±0.021	0.019±0.018	0.73
		F5	0.064±0.026	0.064±0.028	0.064±0.024	0.96
	Medium VLDL	F6	0.065±0.023	0.068±0.025	0.062±0.021	0.35
	Small VLDL	F7	0.046±0.012	0.046±0.01	0.045±0.014	0.85
LDL	Large LDL	F8	0.14±0.033	0.14±0.036	0.14±0.031	0.77
	Medium LDL	F9	0.21±0.041	0.22±0.041	0.2±0.041	0.15
	Small LDL	F10	0.11±0.027	0.12±0.02	0.1±0.03	0.053
	Very small LDL	F11	0.038±0.0091	0.042±0.0069	0.035±0.0099	0.019*
		F12	0.0045±0.0034	0.0045±0.0033	0.0044±0.0035	0.93
		F13	0.0064±0.0011	0.0063±0.00092	0.0064±0.0013	0.82
HDL	Very large HDL	F14	0.0025±0.0015	0.0021±0.00099	0.0028±0.0018	0.11
	Very large HDL	F15	0.018±0.018	0.013±0.009	0.023±0.022	0.037*
	Large HDL	F16	0.079±0.057	0.063±0.046	0.093±0.062	0.066
	Medium HDL	F17	0.083±0.028	0.076±0.026	0.089±0.029	0.1
	Small HDL	F18	0.068±0.017	0.068±0.016	0.068±0.018	0.94
	Very small HDL	F19	0.025±0.0059	0.026±0.0059	0.024±0.0059	0.36
		F20	0.007±0.0014	0.0069±0.0013	0.0071±0.0015	0.6

Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. The values are compared between the groups by the t-test. *, p<0.05.
Abbreviations: icodextrin icodextrin use, statin stain use, CM chylomicron, VLDL very-low-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, HDL high-density lipoprotein, cholesterol proportion proportion of cholesterol level in each lipoprotein fraction to total cholesterol level.

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