Confirmed SAMS (n = 20) | Refuted SAMS (n = 51) | p-value | |
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Baseline muscle symptom intensity (VAS-scoreb), mean (SD) | 4.5 (2.7) | 4.7 (2.4) | 0.84 |
Baseline muscle symptom characteristicsc | |||
Sensory dimension, mean (SD) | 10.5 (5.7) | 11.5 (7.1) | 0.62 |
Affective dimension, mean (SD) | 2.9 (2.1) | 2.5 (2.6) | 0.58 |
Total sum-score, mean (SD) | 13.5 (7.1) | 13.8 (9.2) | 0.90 |
Muscle symptom location on statin treatmentd | |||
Bilateral muscle pain lower extremities, n (%) | 15 (75) | 21 (41) | 0.01 |
Bilateral muscle pain upper extremities, n (%) | 11 (55) | 18 (35) | 0.13 |
Bilateral muscle pain both regions, n (%) | 8 (40) | 9 (18) | 0.05 |