Table 2.

Effect of statins on serum IDOL and PCSK9 levels.

	Baseline	After treatment
Age, years	38 ± 13	–
Men/women, n	17/15	–
Statin intensity (high/moderate/low)	–	11/19/2
TC, mmol/L	8.2 ± 1.7	4.8 ± 1.0b
LDL-C, mmol/L	6.2 ± 1.6	2.9 ± 1.0b
TG, mmol/L	1.2 ± 0.6	1.0 ± 0.7a
HDL-C, mmol/L	1.4 ± 0.3	1.5 ± 0.4
IDOL, pg/mL	1419 (1096–2142)	1261 (1048–1650)a
PCSK9, ng/mL	203 (165–253)	295 (226–332)b

^aP< 0.05 and ^bP< 0.001 against baseline, paired Student’s t-test.