Hepatitis C virus G1b infection decreases the number of small low-density lipoprotein particles

Table 6 Effect of chronic active hepatitis C virus infection on the particle number for three high-density lipoprotein sub-fractions analyzed by multiple regression models

	Large HDL			Medium HDL			Small HDL
	B	SE	P value	B	SE	P value	B	SE	P value
Constant	4544.7	1510.8	0.003	3499.5	1188.8	0.004	649.0	2033.7	0.750
HCV infection (active HCV vs SVR)	345.1	227.4	0.131	-106.9	178.9	0.551	18.4	306.1	0.952
Age	9.4	8.5	0.272	-18.9	6.7	0.005	-29.9	11.4	< 0.001
Female	494.1	190.0	0.010	719.2	149.5	< 0.001	299.8	255.8	0.243
BMI	-96.1	27.6	0.001	-29.19	21.76	0.182	53.1	37.2	0.156
ALT	-5.6	3.6	0.122	-7.67	2.84	0.008	-3.2	4.9	0.515
Albumin	-136.8	258.2	0.597	361.7	203.1	0.077	1829.7	347.5	< 0.001
Glucose	-5.0	5.0	0.323	5.1	3.9	0.196	3.9	6.7	0.559
Platelet	19.6	8.0	0.015	9.8	6.3	0.122	7.9	10.7	0.463

HDL: High-density lipoprotein; SE: Standard error; HCV: Hepatitis C virus; SVR: Sustained virological response; BMI: Body mass index; ALT: Alanine 2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase.