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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2013 Feb 14;69(7):1401–1409. doi: 10.1007/s00228-013-1475-y

Table 4.

Atorvastatin and atorvastatin metabolite pharmacokinetics by ABCB1 diplotype group.

ABCB1 Diplotype Pharmacokinetic Parameters
Cmax (ng/ml) AUCtau (ng*h/ml) T1/2 (h)
Atorvastatin
 CGC/CGC 8.6 ± 6.2 44.4 ± 28.0 5.7 ± 1.2
 CGC/TTT 7.5 ± 7.6 35.4 ± 35.6 6.9 ± 2.0
 TTT/TTT 10.6 ± 7.4 49.0 ± 37.1 6.4 ± 2.1
 P value, between diplotype groups 0.43 0.29 0.55

Atorvastatin lactone
 CGC/CGC 11.0 ± 11.9 87.3 ± 69.3 7.0 ± 2.5
 CGC/TTT 7.4 ± 4.7 69.8 ± 54.7 6.7 ± 2.3
 TTT/TTT 13.8 ± 11.2 101.0 ± 64.2 9.2 ± 6.0
 P value, between diplotype groups 0.23 0.35 0.66

2-hydroxyatorvastatin
 CGC/CGC 5.5 ± 3.4 43.2 ± 21.6 6.3 ± 2.7
 CGC/TTT 5.1 ± 4.1 45.0 ± 38.7 7.5 ± 3.0
 TTT/TTT 4.5 ± 2.3 38.6 ± 19.5 7.0 ± 1.5
 P value, between diplotype groups 0.93 0.93 0.32

2-hydroxyatorvastatin lactone
 CGC/CGC 4.4 ± 3.5 37.3 ± 22.5 6.8 ± 1.8
 CGC/TTT 4.1 ± 3.0 42.6 ± 31.1 7.8 ± 4.2
 TTT/TTT 3.9 ± 1.9 38.5 ± 19.3 9.9 ± 8.5
 P value, between diplotype groups 0.98 0.96 0.92

4-hydroxyatorvastatin
 CGC/CGC 0.48 ± 0.61 4.6 ± 4.6 14.2 ± 4.3
 CGC/TTT 0.25 ± 0.14 3.2 ± 1.6 19.3 ± 12.9
 TTT/TTT 0.39 ± 0.34 5.1 ± 4.5 12.6 ± 5.2
 P value, between diplotype groups 0.61 0.61 0.29

4-hydroxyatorvastatin lactone
 CGC/CGC 0.84 ± 0.11 9.1 ± 10.2 10.5 ± 5.5
 CGC/TTT 0.7 ± 0.43 7.2 ± 4.0 12.8 ± 4.3
 TTT/TTT 0.91 ± 0.64 10.4 ± 7.0 14.5 ± 8.8
 P value, between diplotype groups 0.63 0.46 0.29

ABCB1 CGC/CGC, n=9; ABCB1 CGC/TTT, n=10; ABCB1 TTT/TTT, n=10. Data are expressed as arithmetic mean ± standard deviation.