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Table 2 Effects of rosuvastatin and pitavastatin on serum lipid levels

From: Statin treatment alters serum n-3 to n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids ratio in patients with dyslipidemia

  

Baseline

4 weeks

p value

12 weeks

p value

TC (mg/dL)

Rosuvastatin

232 (160-288)

163 (126-209)

<0.0001

171 (125-206)

<0.0001

Pitavastatin

249 (174-301)

178 (111-215)

<0.0001

183 (118-252)

<0.0001

LDL-C (mg/dL)

Rosuvastatin

159 (103-216)

83 (55-145)

<0.0001

88 (50-138)

<0.0001

Pitavastatin

176 (117-240)

106 (46-155)

<0.0001

98 (48-180)

<0.0001

HDL-C (mg/dL)

Rosuvastatin

56 (36-79)

61 (40-90)

0.07

63 (38-103)

0.005

Pitavastatin

60 (41-93)

62 (41-125)

0.14

63 (40-120)

0.16

TG (mg/dL)

Rosuvastatin

164 (75-396)

116 (70-211)

0.002

110 (71-312)

0.009

Pitavastatin

169 (84-303)

134 (61-316)

0.01

121 (64-311)

0.01

Apo Al (mg/dL)

Rosuvastatin

144 (106-172)

151 (116-192)

0.01

147 (116-234)

0.004

Pitavastatin

150 (119-203)

149 (100-256)

0.35

152 (94-257)

0.19

Apo B (mg/dL)

Rosuvastatin

116 (76-159)

75 (52-106)

<0.0001

77 (49-103)

<0.0001

Pitavastatin

132 (86-176)

87 (43-111)

<0.0001

88 (43-143)

<0.0001

Apo E (mg/dL)

Rosuvastatin

4.7 (3.6-7.6)

3.7 (2.6-5.2)

<0.0001

3.6 (2.4-4.6)

<0.0001

Pitavastatin

5.4 (3.3-11.9)

4.3 (2.2-8.0)

<0.0001

4.3 (2.7-9.7)

<0.0001

  1. Data are expressed as median (range)
  2. TC, total cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG, trigycerides; Apo, apolipoprotein