. 2018 Oct 2;8:14652. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-32376-4

Table 1.

Effects of simvastatin on the cardiac damage score (CDS) in LPS induced myocardial lesions in rats.

Treatment (mg/kg)	Cardiac damage score CDS 6 hearts/group × 6 slices/heart					$\bar{x}$ ± S.D.
Treatment (mg/kg)	0	1	2	3	4	$\bar{x}$ ± S.D.
Control	36	0	0	0	0	0.00 ± 0.00
LPS	0	0	0	19	17	3.87 ± 0.54 a³
Simvastatin 10 + LPS	0	0	18	18	0	2.80 ± 0.48 a¹
Simvastatin 20 + LPS	0	6	21	9	0	2.08 ± 0.65 a¹b²
Simvastatin 40 + LPS	0	20	16	0	0	1.44 ± 0.43 b²

Statistical analysis was performed using Kruskal Wallis test. a¹, a³ - p < 0.05, 0.001 for the results compared with the control group, b² - p < 0.01 for the results compared with LPS group.