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Table 4 Lipid transfer in vitro from LDE to HDL and HDL particle size of the Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) and control groups

From: Lipoprotein metabolism in patients with type 1 diabetes under intensive insulin treatment

 

T1DM group (n=15)

Control group (n=16)

P value

Lipid transfers (%)

   

  Cholesteryl esters

2.7 ± 0,6

3.1 ± 0,8

0.09

  Phospholipids

19.3 ± 3.7

20.7 ± 3.9

0.33

  Tryglicerides

2.1 ± 0.8

2.3 ± 0.5

0.38

  Free cholesterol

5.9 ± 1.7

6.0 ± 0.9

0.78

HDL particle size (nm)

10.4 ± 1.6

9.8 ± 1.2

0.20

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SD. The value indicated is the percentage of the radioactivity of each lipid component in the nanoemulsion that was transferred to the plasma HDL fraction after 1 hour incubation.
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