Vitamin D Serum Levels in Patients with Statin-Induced Musculoskeletal Pain

Table 2

Comparison of laboratory parameters between SAMS and control patients.

	SAMS ()	Control ()
Blood urea nitrogen
Blood glucose (mg/dL)
Creatinine (mg/dL)
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)			NS
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)			NS
Triglycerides (mg/dL)
CPK (U/L)
LDH (U/L)			NS
CRP (mg/dL)
AST (U/L)			NS
ALT (U/L)			NS
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)			NS
Vitamin D (nmol/L)

SAMS: statin-associated muscle symptoms; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; CPK: creatine phosphokinase; LDH: lactic dehydrogenase; CRP: C-reactive protein; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase.