Risk Factors Associated with Statin-Associated Muscle Symptoms in Patients Attending a Specialized Regional Lipid Clinic

Table 1

Clinical and biochemical characteristics of study subjects.

	All ()	No SAMS ()	SAMS ()
Sex (%)
Female	214 (40)	190 (88.8)	24 (11.2)	0.910
Male	321 (60)	286 (89.1)	35 (10.9)
Age (yrs)				<0.001
BMI (kg/m^2)				0.177
Smoking status
Active smoker (%)		36.8	19.4	0.037
Alcohol intake
Excessive (%)		22.0	20.3	0.770
Hypertension
Hypertensive (%)		38.1	50.8	0.059
Diabetes
Diabetic (%)		23.5	22.4	0.798
Evidence of renal impairment
Yes (%)		8.2	6.8	0.703
Evidence of liver impairment
Yes (%)		8.4	3.4	0.176

Data are given as . Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index. values represent the level of significance of the difference between patients who have developed SAMS and non-SAMS patients, calculated using an independent samples -test. For the categorical variables, the chi-square test was used.