High-density lipoprotein subfractions, apolipoproteins and antipyrine clearance in normal subjects.

Serum high density lipoprotein (HDL) subfractions HDL2 and HDL3, apolipoproteins, and plasma antipyrine clearance (AP-CL) rate, an index of liver microsomal enzyme activity, were determined in 21 healthy subjects. High HDL cholesterol and HDL2 cholesterol concentrations and HDL cholesterol/cholesterol and HDL2/HDL3 cholesterol ratios were associated with high AP-CL. Phenobarbital enhanced antipyrine elimination and increased the apolipoprotein A-I/A-II ratio. Subjects who had high AP-CL had a more antiatherogenic HDL subfraction and apolipoprotein profile than those with low AP-CL.