Table 5.
Sensitivity analysis: varying assigned weights
Assigned weights (%) | |||
Efficacy | 25 | 40 | 20 |
Safety | 25 | 20 | 20 |
Patient acceptability | 25 | 20 | 20 |
Costs | 25 | 20 | 40 |
Total utility score (ranking) | |||
Atorvastatin | 86.51 (1) | 85.71 (1) | 88.51 (1) |
Simvastatin | 85.23 (2) | 83.92 (2) | 87.57 (2) |
Pravastatin | 84.50 (3) | 81.31 (4) | 86.28 (4) |
Lovastatin | 83.96 (4) | 81.47 (3) | 87.15 (3) |
Rosuvastatin | 79.94 (5) | 78.62 (5) | 78.27 (5) |
Fluvastatin | 69.67 (6) | 68.32 (6) | 64.19 (6) |