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Serious adverse events considered (before unblinding) to be probably due to study simvastatin
| Event | Simvastatin-allocated | Placebo-allocated | ||
| (n = 10269) | (n = 10267) | |||
| Myopathy/rhabdomyolysis* | 7 | (0.1%) | 2 | (0.0%) |
| Muscle pain/weakness** | 0 | (0.0%) | 1 | (0.0%) |
| Hepatitis | 1 | (0.0%) | 1 | (0.0%) |
| GI haemorrhage | 1 | (0.0%) | 0 | (0.0%) |
| Renal failure | 0 | (0.0%) | 1 | (0.0%) |
| Neurological | 0 | (0.0%) | 2 | (0.0%) |
* Includes 1 patient in each group taking non-study statin in addition to study treatment
** CK <10 × ULN
