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. 2025 Jan 31;17:41. doi: 10.1186/s13098-025-01587-x

Table 2.

Changes from baseline in lipid measures following evolocumab

Lipid profile Overall (n = 151) M (± SD) Non-DM (n = 68) M (± SD) DM (n = 83) M (± SD) P value
Baseline LDL 4.56 (± 2.46) 5.13 (± 3.26) 4.09 (± 1.37) 0.016
Post evolocumab (first follow-up) 3.00 (± 2.54) 3.66 (± 3.34) 2.47 (± 1.45) 0.008
Change in LDL 1.55 (± 1.53) 1.47 (± 1.38) 1.62 (± 1.64) 0.555
Percent change in LDL 34.73 (± 36.55) 31.42 (± 39.82) 37.45 (± 33.63) 0.369 *
Baseline TC 6.19 (± 2.35) 6.56 (± 2.93) 5.90 (± 1.68) 0.101
Post evolocumab (first follow-up) TC 4.66 (± 2.54) 5.30 (± 3.30) 4.13 (± 1.53) 0.008
Change in TC 1.54 (± 2.15) 1.27 (± 2.44) 1.77 (± 1.86) 0.154
Baseline HDL 1.06 (± 0.29) 1.10 (± 0.35) 1.02 (± 0.22) 0.098
Post evolocumab (first follow-up) HDL 1.06 (± 0.29) 1.11 (± 0.32) 1.01 (± 0.25) 0.076
Change in HDL 0.002 (± 0.22) − 0.001 (± 0.23) 0.004 (± 0.20) 0.879
Baseline TG 2.16 (± 1.43) 1.84 (± 1.37) 2.42 (± 1.44) 0.012
Post evolocumab (first follow-up) TG 1.77 (± 1.19) 1.56 (± 1.31) 1.95 (± 1.10) 0.046
Change in TG 0.39 (± 1.25) 0.28 (± 0.95) 0.48 (± 1.45) 0.343

*Wilcoxon test, all others were Student-t test, DM: diabetes mellitus, NDM: none diabetes mellitus