Remnant lipoprotein cholesterol and triglyceride reference ranges from the Framingham

tinal and liver origin are considered atherogenic, but they have been difficult to isolate and measure. An assay has been developed that allows the measurement of remnant-like particle cholesterol (RLP-C) and triglyc-eride (RLP-TG). RLP-C and RLP-TG concentrations were measured in>3000 fasting plasma samples ob-tained from participants in exam cycle 4 of the Framing-ham Offspring Study and stored at 280 °C. After exclu-sions, comparisons were made for 2821 samples (1385 women, 1436 men; mean age, 52 years). For women, the mean RLP-C and RLP-TG values were 0.176 6 0.058 mmol/L (6.8 6 2.3 mg/dL) and 0.204 6 0.159 mmol/L (18.1 6 14.1 mg/dL), respectively; for men, the mean values were 0.208 6 0.096 mmol/L (8.0 6 3.7 mg/dL) and 0.301 6 0.261 mmol/L (26.7 6 23.1 mg/dL), respectively