Research Article

Approach to Reduction of Blood Atherogenicity

Table 3

Correlation between atherogenicity and plasma lipid levels.

LipidCorrelation coefficient

Total cholesterol0.10N.S.
Triglycerides 0.15N.S.
LDL cholesterol0.18N.S.
HDL cholesterol0.01N.S.
apo B0.20N.S.
apo A-I 0.03N.S.
apo B/apo A-I 0.37 <0.05

Total number of sera, 68; atherogenic sera, 41; nonatherogenic sera, 27.
N.S., not significant.