Association between BMI and directly measured cholesterol in large VLDL, small VLDL, IDL, and LDL. Left section shows the association between BMI and directly measured cholesterol in large VLDL, small VLDL, IDL, and LDL by median concentrations with IQRs across BMI deciles. Bar color indicates BMI group, with green for normal weight, orange for overweight, and red for obese. Right section shows smoothed values with 95% CIs from a Kernel-weighted local polynomial regression of cholesterol in large and small VLDL, IDL and LDL vs BMI. Only individuals with BMI of 18.5–50 were included because few individuals were outside these limits, and thus very wide confidence intervals were at these extreme values. Linear regression was used to estimate coefficient of determination R2 and P values.
