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

Table 1 Particle sizes in each major lipoprotein class and subclass

	Particle size (nm)	Major class	Subclass
1	> 90	CM	-
2	75.0
3	64.0	VLDL	Large VLDL
4	53.6
5	44.5
6	36.8		Medium VLDL
7	31.3		Small VLDL
8	28.6	LDL	Large LDL
9	25.5		Medium LDL
10	23.0		Small LDL
11	20.7
12	18.6		Very small LDL
13	16.7
14	15.0	HDL	Large HDL
15	13.5
16	12.1
17	10.9		Medium HDL
18	9.8		Small HDL
19	8.8
20	7.6

CM: Chylomicron; VLDL: Very low-density lipoprotein; LDL: Low-density lipoprotein; HDL: High-density lipoprotein.