Usefulness of Lipid Apheresis in the Treatment of Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Table 2

Change in lipids with apheresis.

	Before	After	Change	value
Total cholesterol (mg/dL), mean ± SD			−167.7 ± 60.4 (58.4%)	<0.001
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL), mean ± SD			−138.1 ± 58.7 (71.9%)	<0.001
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL), mean ± SD			−4.4 ± 5.4 (9.3%)	0.024
Triglycerides (mg/dL), mean ± SD			−101.5 ± 79.5 (51.0%)	<0.001
Non-HDL cholesterol (mg/dL), mean ± SD			−163.4 ± 61.9 (68.2%)	<0.001