Total population (n=122 ) MetS (n=60) No MetS (n=62) Total cholesterol 0.429c 0.336b 0.577c Non-HDL cholesterol 0.507c 0.414c 0.578c LDL cholesterol 0.298c 0.220 0.401b HDL cholesterol -0.246b -0.207 -0.114 Triglycerides 0.648c 0.599c 0.661c ApoA-I -0.144 -0.137 0.01 ApoB 0.404c 0.249 0.524c VLDL particle concentration 0.397c 0.277 a 0.454c Large VLDL 0.509c 0.462c 0.490c Medium VLDL 0.322c 0.118 0.434c Small VLDL -0.006 -0.133 0.197 LDL particleconcentration 0.369c 0.209 0.430c IDL 0.219a 0.075 0.482c Large LDL -0.134 -0.052 -0.189 Small LDL 0.340c 0.252 0.301a HDL particle concentration -0.001 -0.061 0.192 Large HDL -0.180a -0.018 -0.209 Medium HDL 0.042 0.023 0.265a Small HDL 0.113 -0.006 0.083 Pearson correlation coefficients are shown. Apo: apolipoproteins; HDL: high density lipoproteins; IDL: intermediate density lipoproteins; LDL: low density lipoproteins; VLDL: very low density lipoproteins. Triglycerides and lipoprotein subfractions are logarithmically transformed. LDL cholesterol was calculated in 57 subjects with and in 60 subjects without MetS. ap<0.05; bp≤0.01; cp≤0.001.

Table 3: Relationships of plasma apolipoprotein E with apoA-I, apoB, lipoproteins and lipoprotein subfraction characteristics in 60 subjects with and 62 without metabolic syndrome (MetS)