The Claim

Male sex is associated with a suboptimal reduction in LDL cholesterol levels in response to statin therapy among adults diagnosed with primary hypercholesterolemia.

Source: LDL Cholesterol Reduction Variability with Different Types and Doses of Statins in Monotherapy or Combined with Ezetimibe. Results from the Spanish Arteriosclerosis Society Dyslipidaemia Registry

What the research says

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Correlation
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In plain English

In adults with primary hypercholesterolemia, men experience less reduction in LDL cholesterol after taking statins compared to women.

See the scientific wording

Male sex is associated with a suboptimal LDL cholesterol reduction response to statin therapy in adults with primary hypercholesterolemia.

Why this might work

Testosterone reduces the liver's ability to remove LDL cholesterol from the blood by lowering the number of LDL receptors on liver cells, so more bad cholesterol stays in circulation even when statins are taken.

Suggested mechanismbased on 1 study

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: LDL Cholesterol Reduction Variability with Different Types and Doses of Statins in Monotherapy or Combined with Ezetimibe. Results from the Spanish Arteriosclerosis Society Dyslipidaemia Registry

    The study found that men, on average, don't lower their bad cholesterol as much as women when taking statins, even when they take the same medicine and dose. So yes, men tend to get less benefit from statins for lowering LDL.

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