Research Article

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

Table 4

Comparison of lipid indices among various groups formulated based upon the number of metabolic syndrome components present in subjects from 0 implying absence of any metabolic syndrome component to 5 implying all 5 components present in a subject.

Metabolic syndrome groupsā€‰Total cholesterol (mmol/L)Fasting triglycerides (mmol/L)HDLc (mmol/L)mLDLc (mmol/L)Non-HDLc (mmol/L)cLDLc (mmol/L)sdLDLc (mmol/LlbLDLc (mmol/LsdLDL/lbLDLmLDLc/HDLcVLDLc (mmol/L)

0Mean4.331.071.152.633.182.690.671.970.342.360.21
1818181818181818181818
Std. dev0.490.310.180.650.530.500.240.440.080.740.06

1Mean4.311.280.992.543.312.730.651.820.372.660.26
4242424142424242424242
Std. dev0.690.730.270.700.680.520.330.560.530.990.15

2Mean4.431.540.972.673.452.760.801.870.452.880.31
6262626262626262626262
Std. dev0.630.620.260.640.620.56.260.480.180.870.12

3Mean4.491.660.932.773.592.800.861.900.453.030.33
4646464646464646464646
Std. dev0.570.560.190.800.600.540.370.500.170.880.11

4Mean4.621.920.912.793.682.840.931.860.543.160.38
3636363636363636363636
Std. dev0.530.710.190.820.540.450.350.570.271.020.14

5Mean4.782.261.002.683.782.760.991.69.84132.92690.45
2525252525252525252525
Std. dev0.560.990.390.740.690.590.290.631.031.030.19

valueā€‰0.015<0.0010.0010.7250.0010.8960.0000.910<0.0010.055<0.001

Kruskal Wallis Test. Small density LDL-cholesterol (sdLDL-c) by Srisawasdi et al. regression equation. Large buoyant LDL-cholesterol (lbLDL-c) by Srisawasdi et al. regression equation.