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Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 37, 1886-1896, Copyright © 1996 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Effects of gender and menopausal status on plasma lipoprotein subspecies and particle sizes

Z Li, JR McNamara, JC Fruchart, G Luc, JM Bard, JM Ordovas, PW Wilson and EJ Schaefer
Lipid Metabolism Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA.

The risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) is lower in women than in men, but increases in women after menopause. Some of the gender, age, and menopausal-related differences in CHD risk may relate to differences in lipoprotein subspecies. We therefore examined these subspecies in three groups of healthy subjects: premenopausal women (W, n = 72, mean age 41.2 +/- 6.5), postmenopausal women (PMW, n = 74, 55.8 +/- 7.4), and men (M, n = 139, 48.8 +/- 10.7). We measured plasma levels of lipids, lipoprotein cholesterol, apolipoproteins A-I, A-IV, B, C-III, and E, and lipoprotein subspecies Lp A-I, Lp A-I:A-II, Lp B, Lp B:C-III, and Lp B:E, as well as LDL and HDL particle sizes. Our data indicate that women have significantly higher values of HDL-C, apoA-I, apoE, and Lp A- I; larger LDL and HDL particle sizes; and lower values of triglyceride, apoB, and Lp B:C-III particles than men, with no difference in Lp A-I:A- II. Postmenopausal status was associated with significantly higher values of total cholesterol, triglyceride, VLDL-C, and LDL-C; increased levels of apoB, C-III, and E; elevated values of Lp B, Lp B:C-III, and Lp B:E; and lower levels of HDL-C along with smaller HDL particle size. Moreover, we noted a strong correlation between LDL and HDL particle size. Our data are consistent with the concepts that male gender confers decreases in HDL subspecies due to lower Lp A-I levels; while postmenopausal status results in higher levels of all apoB-containing lipoproteins (Lp B, Lp B:C-III, and Lp B:E). The lipoprotein alterations associated with male gender and postmenopausal status would be expected to increase CHD risk.
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