Effect of Simvastatin and Atorvastatin on Serum Vitamin D and Bone Mineral Density in Hypercholesterolemic Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of study and control groups. ALT: alanine transferase; AST: aspartate transferase; GGT: -glutamyl transferase.

Variable	Study ()	Control ()	value
Age (years)	55.84 ± 7.2	55.26 ± 6.9	0.66
Sex (male/female)	23/34	18/39	0.33
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	32.4 ± 6.5	31.1 ± 5.7	0.23
Albumin (g/L)	41.5 ± 3.7	41.6 ± 3.6	0.89
Alkaline phosphatase (U/L)	85.2 ± 31.1	94.7 ± 92.1	0.46
ALT (U/L)	27.3 ± 11.4	29.3 ± 22.9	0.56
AST (U/L)	25.6 ± 8.8	26.5 ± 14.1	0.71
GGT (U/L)	34.8 ± 17	40.5 ± 32.4	0.24
Serum creatinine (mol/L)	87.1 ± 40.9	74.2 ± 18.1	0.03
Urea (mmol/L)	5.3 ± 2.6	4.6 ± 1.5	0.1
Uric acid (mol/L)	313.2 ± 89.5	299.3 ± 85.7	0.39
Serum calcium (mmol/L)	2.3 ± 0.13	2.3 ± 0.12	0.51
Magnesium (mmol/L)	0.7 ± 0.09	0.7 ± 0.1	0.64
Inorganic phosphate (mmol/L)	1.2 ± 0.2	1.2 ± 0.1	0.92
On supplementation, calcium, and vitamin D (%)	45.6	35.1	0.07