Table 8.

Reasons for discontinuation of statin therapy and statin dose reduction. P value in all cases was insignificant due to the small number of cases.

	Women n (%)	Men n (%)
Reason for interruption
Intolerance	5 (42)	8 (21)
Patient’s refusal	3 (25)	10 (26)
Doctor’s recommendation	4 (33)	14 (36)
Others	0 (0)	2 (5)
Uncertain/I do not know	0 (0)	5 (13)
Reason for dose reduction
Intolerance	3 (21)	6 (12)
Doctor’s recommendation	7 (50)	31 (62)
Other	1 (7)	2 (4)
Uncertain/I do not know	3 (21)	11 (22)