Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Distribution in Human Plasma: Associations with Lipid Profiles

Table 1

Plasma lipid and lipoprotein profiles in study subjects.

Subject	Gender	Age^a	Total cholesterol (TC)	Total triglycerides	LDL-C	HDL-C	VLDL-C	TC/HDL-C
1	Female	56	4.1 (156)^b	0.6 (50)	1.7 (66)	2.1 (80)	0.3 (10)	2.0
2	Male	30	4.2 (160)	1.4 (129)	2.1 (80)	1.4 (54)	0.7 (26)	3.0
3	Female	42	4.3 (165)	1.3 (117)	1.6 (60)	2.1 (81)	0.6 (23)	2.0
4	Female	48	4.5 (174)	1.8 (165)	2.6 (99)	1.1 (42)	0.9 (33)	4.1
5	Female	54	6.0 (231)	2.4 (220)	3.6 (138)	1.2 (48)	1.1 (44)	4.8
6	Male	58	2.5 (97)	4.5 (408)	0.5 (19)^c	0.7 (28)	1.3 (50)	3.5

^aYears.
^bmM (mg/dL).
^cLipoprotein cholesterol determined directly.