Figure 3
Atorvastatin effects on markers of the accessory sex glands. The seminal levels of fructose (A) (seminal vesicle marker), acid phosphatases and citric acid (B (prostate markers), and alpha-glucosidase and L-carnitine (C and D) (epididymal markers) were measured in 17 normocholesterolaemic men before, during and 3 months after the end of treatment, as described in Methods. In A, B and C, bar represents mean ± SEM. **indicates values significantly different from those obtained before atorvastatin intake with p < 0.01 and ‡ indicates values significantly different from those measured during atorvastatin treatment with p < 0.05. In D, bars (white and coloured) and symbols (points and squares) represent mean ± SEM and percentages respectively of the subjects having normal (white) and altered (coloured) values of neutral α-glucosidase activity before, during and 3 months after the end of treatment.