Haptoglobin Genotype Is a Determinant of Hemoglobin Adducts and Vitamin E Content in HDL

Table 1

Measurement of vitamin E levels in HDL from diabetic individuals.

	Average ± SD vitamin E levels (μg/mg HDL)	% change versus Hp 1-1
Hp 1-1	1.18 ± 0.62	—
Hp 2-1	0.99 ± 0.63	−17%
Hp 2-2	0.67 ± 0.62	−43%

Comparison between vitamin E levels in HDL from diabetic individuals with different Hp phenotypes. There was a significant difference in HDL vitamin E levels between the three Hp genotypes (overall value for difference between groups = 0.0165 (ANOVA), post hoc comparison between Hp 1-1 and Hp 2-2 value = 0.0026 (t-test)).