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

Table 3 Effect of chronic active hepatitis C virus infection on particle number of serum lipoproteins analyzed by multiple regression models

	VLDL			LDL			HDL
	B	SE	P value	B	SE	P value	B	SE	P value
Constant	119.1	85.4	0.165	-371.5	414.5	0.371	8693.2	3114.6	0.006
HCV infection (active HCV vs SVR)	-7.5	12.9	0.558	-150.2	62.4	0.017	256.6	468.8	0.585
Age	0.3	0.5	0.583	4.8	2.3	0.041	-39.4	17.5	0.026
Female	-10.7	10.7	0.321	11.6	52.1	0.825	1513.1	391.8	< 0.001
BMI	2.7	1.6	0.083	11.7	7.6	0.125	-72.2	57.0	0.207
ALT	0.1	0.2	0.498	-0.2	1.0	0.815	-16.5	7.43	0.028
Albumin	-13.6	14.6	0.353	213.8	70.8	0.003	2054.6	532.2	< 0.001
Glucose	0.1	0.3	0.614	2.3	1.4	0.094	4.1	10.3	0.692
Platelet	-0.4	0.5	0.369	-0.5	2.2	0.820	37.2	16.4	0.025

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