| CI | confidence interval |
| CK | creatine kinase |
| CPIC | Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium |
| CYP | cytochrome P450 |
| GEOSTAT-1 | Ge-netic Effects On STATins |
| HMG-CoA | 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A |
| NOS | Newcastle–Ottawa Scale |
| OR | odds ratio |
| PCR | polymerase chain reaction |
| RFLP | re-striction fragment length polymorphism |
| SLCO1B1 | solute carrier organic anion transporter family 1B1 |
| SNP | single-nucleotide polymorphism |