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. 2015 Jul 1;10(7):e0124451. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124451

Table 7. Regression of Testosterone-Change on Aggression-Change in Men on Statins*.

* Without Adjustment for LDL Adjusted for LDL and LDL Change
Change in Testosterone Baseline Testosterone Change in Testosterone Baseline Testosterone
Beta ± SE 95% CI P Beta ± SE 95% CI P Beta ± SE 95% CI P Beta ± SE 95% CI P
On Placebo N = 162 0.059± 0.20 -0.33, 0.45 0.77 -0.005± 0.21 -0.42, 0.41 0.98 0.063 ± 0.20 -0.33, 0.45 0.75 -0.015 ± 0.21 -0.44, 0.41 0.95
On Statins N = 322 0.65 ± 0.30 0.064, 1.2 0.030 0.83 ± 0.31 0.23, 1.4 0.007 0.66 ± 0.31 0.055, 1.3 0.033 0.85 ± 0.31 0.24, 1.5 0.007
On Simvastatin N = 165 1.3 ± 0.49 0.33, 2.2 0.009 1.5 ± 0.51 0.55, 2.5 0.003 1.3 ± 0.51 0.32, 2.4 0.010 1.6 ± 0.52 0.57, 2.6 0.002

Beta = regression coefficient; CI = confidence interval; LDL = low density lipoprotein cholesterol; OASMa = Overt-Aggression-Scale-Modified–Aggression-Subscale; SE = standard error. Change in aggression: Final on-treatment OASMa minus baseline OASMa.

* All regressions adjust for baseline aggression and baseline testosterone (as well as testosterone-change).

LDL Change is unrelated to aggression decline in these models, in which testosterone values are also adjusted: A change in testosterone (independent variable) predicts a change in aggression (dependent variable) on statins and simvastatin (of the same sign, producing a positive coefficient). The testosterone analysis was not robust to exclusion of influential outliers.