Table 3.

Twenty-four patients with hepatic aminotransferase elevation after statin treatment

No.	Age	Sex	Statin	Before treatment		After treatment		Elevation levels	Liver enzyme elevation time	Recovery time
				ALT	AST	ALT	AST
1	80 ≃ 85	M	Simvastatin	18	20	69	39	Mild	2 weeks	/
2	80 ≃ 85	M	Fluvastatin	21	19	70	37	Mild	1 month	/
3	80 ≃ 85	M	Simvastatin	16	16	165	143	Moderate	1 month	3 months
4	80 ≃ 85	F	Fluvastatin	14	18	49	51	Mild	1 month	/
5	80 ≃ 85	M	Atorvastatin	22	16	123	121	Moderate	3 months	1 month
6	80 ≃ 85	M	Fluvastatin	13	17	98	83	Mild	2 weeks	/
7	85 ≃ 90	M	Rosuvastatin	18	19	87	40	Mild	2 weeks	/
8	80 ≃ 85	M	Simvastatin	12	15	182	244	Moderate	1 month	1 month
9	≥90	M	Simvastatin	13	18	34	42	Mild	2 weeks	/
10	80 ≃ 85	M	Atorvastatin	27	22	1017	511	Severe	3 months	1 month
11	80 ≃ 85	M	Fluvastatin	10	11	66	71	Mild	2 weeks	/
12	80 ≃ 85	M	Simvastatin	15	16	261	301	Moderate	2 months	2 weeks
13	85 ≃ 90	F	Fluvastatin	23	25	51	49	Mild	3 months	/
14	80 ≃ 85	F	Pravastatin	19	17	107	48	Mild	2 months	/
15	80 ≃ 85	M	Fluvastatin	21	14	125	133	Moderate	2 weeks	1 month
16	80 ≃ 85	F	Simvastatin	34	24	979	696	Severe	6 months	1 month
17	≥90	M	Fluvastatin	15	20	47	54	Mild	1 month	/
18	85 ≃ 90	M	Pravastatin	16	13	70	43	Mild	1 month	/
19	80 ≃ 85	M	Pravastatin	13	14	57	51	Mild	1 month	/
20	80 ≃ 85	M	Atorvastatin	16	15	75	48	Mild	2 months	/
21	80 ≃ 85	M	Atorvastatin	10	13	44	53	Mild	2 weeks	/
22	80 ≃ 85	M	Atorvastatin	24	24	76	80	Mild	1 month	/
23	80 ≃ 85	M	Fluvastatin	26	25	267	222	Moderate	1 month	2 weeks
24	80 ≃ 85	M	Pravastatin	31	23	300	260	Moderate	1 month	1 month

M male, F female, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase