Reversal of Small, Dense LDL Subclass Phenotype by Normalization of Adiposity
Open Access
- 6 September 2009
- Vol. 17 (9), 1768-1775
- https://doi.org/10.1038/oby.2009.146
Abstract
Excess adiposity and high‐carbohydrate diets have been associated with an atherogenic lipoprotein phenotype (ALP) characterized by increased concentrations of small, dense low‐density lipoprotein (LDL) particles (pattern B). We tested whether weight loss and normalization of adiposity could reverse ALP in overweight men with pattern B. After consuming a moderate‐carbohydrate, high‐fat diet for 3 weeks, pattern B and nonpattern B (pattern A) men were randomized to a weight loss (n = 60 and n = 36, respectively) or control weight‐stable arm (n = 20 and n = 17, respectively). Men in the weight loss arm consumed ∼1,000 fewer calories per day over 9 weeks to induce an average ∼9 kg weight loss. In the control group, weight stability was maintained for 4 weeks after randomization. Weight loss led to the conversion of pattern B to pattern A in 58% of baseline pattern B men. Among men who achieved BMIs of 2 (62% of pattern B men vs. 83% of pattern A men), 81% of pattern B men converted to pattern A. Weight loss was associated with a significantly greater decrease in small, dense LDL subclass 3b in pattern B relative to pattern A men. The lipoprotein profiles of pattern A men who converted from pattern B were comparable to those of men with pattern A at baseline. Conversion of LDL subclass pattern B to pattern A and reversal of ALP can be achieved in a high proportion of overweight men by normalization of adiposity.Keywords
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