CEC were measured using BDS obtained from reconstituted serum with indicated TP and HDL-C levels as CA (A). Results are expressed as mean ± S.D. No significant trend was observed in any HDL-C concentration using the Jonckheere–Terpstra test. (B) Deviation of BDS-CEC from the predicted CEC calculated using linear regression (y = 0.0044x + 0.604) and HDL-C was compared with serum TP levels. Correlations were evaluated using Pearson’s test. All samples were assayed in triplicate.