APOC3 and chronic kidney disease: In CKD patients, TG48 was strongly positively correlated with TG (r = 0.79, p<0.0005), and VLDL-C (r = 0.78, p<0.0005), moderately correlated with apoC-III-HP (r = 0.55, p<0.005), apoC-III (r = 0.49, p<0.025) and inversely with apoC-III-R (r = - 0.42, p<0.025).