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Table 5-10

Lipoprotein Composition

Triglyceride %Cholesterol %Phospholipid %Protein %Electrophoretic Mobility
Chylomicrons85-953-55-101-2Remain at origin
Very-low-density lipoproteins60-7010-1510-1510alpha2-Lipoprotein, pre-beta-lipoprotein
Low-density lipoproteins5-104520-3015-25beta-Lipoprotein
High-density lipoproteinsVery little203050alpha1-Lipoprotein

From Sacher, RA, and McPherson, RA: Widmann's Clinical Interpretation of Laboratory Tests, ed 11. FA Davis, Philadelphia, 2000, p. 473, with permission.