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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 3.

BMI change by medication adherence category

Metformin Adherent Decrease portions N= 10 Metformin Adherent no decrease portions N = 17 Metformin non-adherent, Decreased portions N = 3 Metformin Non-adherent No decrease Portions N = 15 Placebo Adherent Decreased portion N= 5 Placebo adherent No decrease Portion N = 5 Placebo non-adherent Decreased portion N = 0 Placebo non-adherent No decrease portions N = 5 Significance
Mean change in BMI (kg/m2) −1.3 ± 1.5 0.4 ± 2.1 0.3 ± 0.7 0.1 ± 2.0 0.7 ± 1.0 0.6 ± 1.5 0.7 ± 1.7 F=1.4; p=0.2
BMI decrease of > 5% 6 (60.0%) 1 (5.9%) 0 (0.0%) 3 (20.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) F=4.0; p=0.02