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Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 1998 Jul 8;280(2):140–146. doi: 10.1001/jama.280.2.140

Table 4.

Follow-up Characteristics of Quartiles of Weight Gain of Intensively Treated Groupa

Variable Quartile of Weight Gain
First Second Third Fourth
Hemoglobin A1c, % 7.3 (1.3)
[−16.1]b
7.2 (1.0)
[−15.3]b
7.1 (1.0)
[−20.2]b
7.3 (0.9)
[−20.7]b
Body mass index, kg/m2 24 (2.3)
[0]
25 (2.5)c
[+8.7]b
27 (2.9)cd
[+17]b
31 (4.7)cde
[+29]b
Systolic BP, mm Hg 113 (11)
[−0.9]
117 (11)
[+2.6]f
115 (15)
[+0.9]
120 (12)cgh
[+5.3]b
Diastolic BP, mm Hg 73 (8)
[+1.4]
74 (9)
[+2.8]
74 (11)
[+1.4]
77 (8)cih
[+5.5]b
Insulin dose, u/kg per day 0.61 (0.19) 0.64 (0.17) 0.69 (0.22)c 0.74 (0.22)cd
Severe hypoglycemia, episodes
per subject
4 (8) 5 (8) 5 (7) 5 (8)j
Waist-to-hip ratio 0.81 (0.09) 0.82 (0.09) 0.82 (0.09) 0.83 (0.12)k
a

Results are expressed as mean (SD). Results in brackets are percent change from baseline.

b

P<.001 compared with baseline.

c

P<.001 vs first quartile.

d

P<.001 vs second quartile.

e

P<.001 vs third quartile.

f

P<.05 compared with baseline.

g

P<.05 vs fourth quartile.

h

P<.01 vs third quartile.

i

P<.01 vs second quartile.

j

P<.05 vs first quartile.

k

P<.01 vs first quartile.