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. 2020 Jun 19;2020(6):CD012735. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012735.pub2

1. Pitavastatin overall efficacy.

Pitavastatin dose mg/day 1 2 4 8 16
Mean percentage
change from control
of LDL‐Ca
(95% confidence interval)		 ‐33.2
(‐34.3 to ‐32.1)		 ‐38.65
(‐39.1 to ‐38.2)		 ‐44.0
(‐45.8 to ‐42.3)		 ‐48.7
(‐52.4 to ‐45.0)		 ‐54.5
(‐59.4 to ‐49.6)
Mean percentage
change from
control of total
cholesterol
(95% confidence interval)		 ‐23.4
(‐24.2 to ‐22.7)		 ‐27.25
(‐27.65 to ‐26.84)		 ‐31.1
(‐32.4 to ‐29.7)		 ‐37.0
(‐41.4 to ‐32.6)		  
Mean percentage
change from
control
of triglycerides
(95% confidence interval)		 ‐13.1
(‐15.4 to ‐10.85)		 ‐16.8
(‐18.2 to ‐15.5)		 ‐18.0
(‐23.0 to ‐13.0)		 ‐32.9
(‐45.0 to ‐20.8)		  

aLDL‐C: low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol