Correlation between Cholesterol, Triglycerides, Calculated, and Measured Lipoproteins: Whether Calculated Small Density Lipoprotein Fraction Predicts Cardiovascular Risks

Table 1

Gender-wise comparison of various lipid indices.

Parameter	Gender		Mean	Std. deviation	Sig. (2-tailed)
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	Male	110	4.54	0.59	0.171
	Female	122	4.43	0.62
Fasting triglycerides (mmol/L)	Male	110	1.69	0.82	0.112
	Female	122	1.53	0.67
HDLc (mmol/L)	Male	109	0.91	0.21	0.000
	Female	121	1.04	0.28
mLDLc (mmol/L)	Male	108	2.71	0.68	0.583
	Female	122	2.66	0.76
Non-HDLc (mmol/L)	Male	110	3.63	0.58	0.008
	Female	122	3.41	0.68
cLDLc (mmol/L)	Male	110	2.88	0.51	0.017
	Female	122	2.70	0.57
sdLDLc (mmol/L)	Male	110	0.82	0.35	0.676
	Female	122	0.80	0.35
lbLDLc (mmol/L)	Male	110	1.84	0.56	0.818
	Female	122	1.86	0.50
sdLDLc/lbLDLc	Male	110	0.50	0.55	0.486
	Female	122	0.45	0.37
LDL-c/HDLc	Male	109	3.08	0.94	0.002
	Female	121	2.70	0.91
VLDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)	Male	110	0.34	0.16	0.112
	Female	122	0.31	0.13

Measured using independent sample -test (SPSS); measured LDL-cholesterol (mLDLc) by cholesterol esterase method; calculated LDL-cholesterol (cLDLc) by Friedewald’s formula; small density LDL-cholesterol (sdLDLc) by Srisawasdi et al. regression equation; large buoyant LDL-cholesterol (lbLDLc) by Srisawasdi et al. regression equation.