Lipid Biochemistry USMLE Step 1 Practice Question
A 56-year-old man with a 20-year history of poorly controlled diabetes presents with lipemic plasma and eruptive xanthomas. His total cholesterol is 380 mg/dL, triglycerides are 650 mg/dL, HDL is 22 mg/dL, and calculated LDL is 188 mg/dL. Which of the following lipoproteins is most elevated as a percentage of total triglyceride content?
Answer choices
- AChylomicrons
- BVLDLCorrect answer
- CLDL
- DHDL
- EIDL
- FApolipoprotein B-100
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