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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Oct 20;54(17):1609–1616. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.04.053

Table 3. Simvastatin and Pravastatin Metabolite Concentrations in STRENGTH.

Sex SLCO1B1 genotype
Metabolite Male Female *1/*1 *1/*5 *5/*5
Simvastatin Acid (20mg) 28 1.7 [0.8 – 2.9] 30 1.1 [0.4 – 2.1] 28 1.2 [0.5 – 2.1] 27 1.4 [0.7 – 2.9] 3 11.2 [7.9 – 17.2] 0.006*
Simvastatin Lactone (20mg) 28 0.5 [0.2 – 1.0] 30 0.4 [0.3 – 0.8] 28 0.5 [0.3 – 1.0] 27 0.4 [0.2 – 0.9] 3 0.4 [0.2 – 0.6]
Simvastatin Acid (80mg) 27 4.1 [1.5 – 8.2] 26 3.5 [1.6 – 5.3] 28 3.7 [1.3 – 5.3] 24 3.7 [1.6 – 9.2] 1 77.5 0.03*
Simvastatin Lactone (80mg) 27 1.3 [0.7 – 4.0] 26 1.2 [0.8 – 2.4] 28 1.1 [0.8 – 3.5] 24 1.4 [0.7 – 3.3] 1 3.7
Pravastatin acid (10mg) 28 0.2 [0.1 – 0.6] 25 0.2 [0.1 – 0.5] 25 0.2 [0.07 – 0.5] 27 0.2 [0.1 - 0.5] 1 0.2
Pravastatin lactone (10mg) 25 0.01 [0.01 – 0.02] 23 0.02 [0.01 - 0.03] 23 0.02 [0.01 – 0.03] 24 0.01 [0.01 – 0.02] 1 0.002
Pravastatin acid (40mg) 29 1.2 [0.6 – 3.6] 24 0.9 [0.4 – 1.9] 26 1.0 [0.4 – 2.1] 27 1.0 [0.5 – 3.6] N/A
Pravastatin lactone (40mg) 29 0.06 [0.03 – 0.11] 25 0.05 [0.02 – 1.1] 26 0.07 [0.02-0.14] 27 0.05 [0.03 – 0.10] N/A

Each cell contains the number tested, median (ng/ml), 25th and 75th percentiles (in brackets), and p-value where appropriate (based on linear regression on log transformed values);

N/A = no available sample;

*

p-value for comparison across genotypes;