TABLE 3.

Correlations between changes in plasma lipids and lipoproteins and plasma sterols per statin treatment

	Rosuvastatin (n = 66)					Atorvastatin (N = 69)
	Δ TC	Δ LDL-C	Δ HDL-C	Δ TG	Δ sdLDL-C	Δ TC	Δ LDL-C	Δ HDL-C	Δ TG	Δ sdLDL-C
Δ Lathosterol	0.406b	0.346d	0.200	0.049	0.337d	0.390b	0.331d	0.042	0.216	0.274c
Δ Campesterol	0.233	0.231	0.022	−0.026	−0.082	0.311d	0.298c	0.071	0.164	0.188
Δ Sitosterol	0.229	0.214	0.170	0.012	−0.104	0.252c	0.186	0.149	0.162	0.268c
Δ Cholestanol	0.240	0.258c	0.047	−0.140	−0.087	−0.168	−0.128	0.080	−0.112	0.008
Δ Lathosterol/Ca	0.301c	0.238	0.127	0.0.69	0.285c	0.144	0.139	0.044	−0.011	0.126
Δ Campesterol/Ca	−0.124	−0.104	−0.239	0.106	−0.118	0.055	−0.028	−0.012	0.170	0.168
Δ Sitosterol/Ca	−0.216	−0.242	−0.065	0.205	−0.195	−0.013	−0.119	0.057	0.134	0.201
Δ Cholestanol/Ca	−0.165	−0.135	−0.193	−0.001	−0.052	−0.376d	−0.317d	0.078	−0.135	−0.076
Δ Lathosterol/campesterol ratio	0.231	0.211	0.072	0.055	0.264c	0.084	−0.001	−0.021	0.191	0.230

^aRatio of the plasma sterols to 10² umol/mmol of cholesterol. TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides.

^bP < 0.001.

^cP < 0.05.

^dP < 0.01.