Table 5.

MUP parameters of biceps brachii and tibialis anterior muscles among control subjects and statin users with different underlying pathologies

Parameter		Control subjects N=33	Statin users N=40
			DM N=25	CVD N=9	HL N=6
Biseps	Amplitude (mV)	1.85 ± 0.61	1.33 ± 0.36‡	1.4 ± 0.4‡	1.5 ± 0.48†
Brachii	Duration (ms)	13.87 ± 4.1	12.69 ± 5.06*	12.69 ± 4.46	13.02 ± 4.11
Tibialis	Amplitude (mV)	1.73 ± 1.02	1.64 ± 0.58	1.55 ± 0.58	1.65 ± 0.58
Anterior	Duration (ms)	12.75 ± 4.39	14.07 ± 4.5**	12.87 ± 4.04	14.15 ± 4.74

^*= P<0.05,

^**= P<0.01,

^†= P<0.0005,

^‡= P<0.0001 (ANOVA test), (statin users vs control subjects), MUPs= Motor unit potentials, DM= diabetes mellitus, CVD= cardiovascular disease, HL= hyperlipidemia