Anti-HMGCR antibody titers ranged from 2,800 to 80,000 (mean 12,606) and were similar in patients with and without statin exposure (table). Serum CK was high in 83% of our patients (mean 4,232 IU/L; range 26 to 27,000). Fifty percent of patients with normal strength had high serum CK (mean 447 IU/L; range 48â1,846).atients with HMGCR antibodyâassociated myopathies present with weakness and muscle discomfort and often have damage to both perimysial connective tissue and muscle fibers, with necrosis and myonuclear pathology.
Density dependence occurs when the population growth rate, or constituent gain rates (e.g. birth and immigration) or loss rates (death and emigration), vary causally with population size or density (N). When these parameters do not vary with N, they are densityâindependent.
There are several types of density-dependent factors, but they all have two things in common: they influence the rates of births and deaths, and the effect increases as population size increases. When the density of a population is low (few individuals in a given area), resources are not limiting. There are plenty of resources for everyone. More individuals can give birth, and fewer individuals will die.