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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2008 Mar 19;152(6):817–822. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.01.018

Table 2.

Decrease in BMI in study completers: metformin vs. placebo

Metformin (N= 48) Placebo (N= 16) p-value
Mean change in BMI −0.16 ± 1.89 0.63 ± 1.29 0.11
BMI decrease of > 5% 11(22.9%) 0(0.0%) 0.001*
Increase in BMI 20 (41.7%) 11 (68.8%) 0.06