Increased Small Dense LDL and Decreased Paraoxonase Enzyme Activity Reveals Formation of an Atherogenic Risk in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Guinea Pigs

Table 2

LDL subfraction analysis in type 1 diabetic and control guinea pigs.

Parameter	Control (𝑛=15)	Diabetes (𝑛=5)	𝑃 value
IDL-C (%)	15.20 ± 2.04	18.82 ± 1.09*	0.002
IDL-B (%)	5.59 ± 1.84	6.99 ± 1.13	0.128
IDL-A (%)	1.30 ± 1.06	0.95 ± 1.60	0.586
LDL-1 (%)	8.26 ± 3.12	5.39 ± 0.58	0.060
LDL-2 (%)	19.98 ± 4.96	6.10 ± 1.71*	<0.001
LDL-3 (%)	10.67 ± 2.48	5.37 ± 1.4*	<0.001
LDL-4 (%)	1.97 ± 1.56	4.1 ± 0.27*	0.008

Values are mean ± SD.