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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 11.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2009 Oct 28;302(16):1765–1773. doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1549

Table 2.

Change in Body Composition Parameters over Time

Outcome Variable 0–4 Weeks 0–8 Weeks 0–12 Weeks P-Value Wk
0–4
P-Value
Wk 0–8
P-Value Wk
0–12
Effect
Size
Weight (lbs)
Aripiprazole 3.57 (1.98, 5.16) 7.43 (5.82, 9.04) 9.87 (8.24, 11.50) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 1.86
Olanzapine 10.05 (7.58,12.52) 14.85 (12.34, 17.36) 18.97 (16.40, 21.54) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 2.16
Quetiapine 6.38 (3.95, 8.81) 10.77 (8.28, 13.26) 13.46 (10.89, 16.03) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 1.71
Risperidone 6.05 (4.93, 7.17) 10.28 (9.12, 11.44) 11.87 (10.69, 13.05) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 1.70
Untreated 2.23 (−0.77, 5.23) 1.74 (−1.14, 4.62) 0.43 (−2.31, 3.17) 0.17 0.25 0.77 0.08
Weight (Percent of Baseline)
Aripiprazole 3.09 (1.78, 4.40) 6.24 (4.91, 7.57) 8.14 (6.97, 9.49) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 1.84
Olanzapine 8.34 (6.44, 10.24) 12.17 (10.23, 14.11) 15.20 (13.24, 17.16) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 2.27
Quetiapine 4.93 (3.13, 6.73) 8.30 (6.46, 10.14) 10.42 (8.54, 12.30) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 1.81
Risperidone 5.33 (4.43, 6.23) 8.90 (7.96, 9.84) 10.37 (9.41, 11.33) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 1.82
Untreated 1.67 (−0.51, 3.85) 1.55 (−0.53, 3.63) 0.65 (−1.33, 2.63) 0.15 0.17 0.53 0.17
Fat Mass (lbs)
Aripiprazole 1.15 (−0.18, 2.48) 3.09 (1.74, 4.44) 5.39 (4.02, 6.76) 0.10 <0.001 <0.001 1.20
Olanzapine 3.57 (1.79, 5.35) 6.91 (5.11, 8.71) 9.15 (7.31, 10.99) 0.0002 <0.001 <0.001 1.45
Quetiapine 1.85 (0.20, 3.50) 4.61 (2.85, 6.37) 6.26 (4.46, 8.06) 0.032 <0.001 <0.001 1.13
Risperidone 2.09 (1.31, 2.87) 4.37 (3.53, 5.21) 5.45 (4.59, 6.31) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 1.07
Untreated 0.78 (−1.10, 2.66) 1.03 (−0.91, 2.97) 0.77 (−0.95, 2.49) 0.43 0.31 0.39 0.23
BMI (kg/m2)
Aripiprazole 0.62 (0.33, 0.91) 1.28 (0.99, 1.57) 1.67 (1.36, 1.98) 0.001 <0.001 <0.001 1.63
Olanzapine 1.64 (1.25, 2.03) 2.41 (2.00, 2.82) 3.01 (2.60, 3.42) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 2.14
Quetiapine 1.03 (0.64, 1.42) 1.74 (1.33, 2.15) 2.12 (1.71, 2.53) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 1.68
Risperidone 1.01 (0.83, 1.19) 1.71 (1.51, 1.91) 1.92 (1.72, 2.12) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 1.65
Untreated 0.30 (−0.19, 0.79) 0.21 (−0.26, 0.68) −0.0032 (−0.45, 0.45) 0.25 0.40 0.99 0.00
BMI (Percent of Baseline)
Aripiprazole 2.86 (1.53, 4.19) 5.68 (4.35, 7.01) 7.20 (5.83, 8.57) 0.001 <0.001 <0.001 1.61
Olanzapine 7.88 (6.00, 9.76) 11.45 (9.53, 13.17) 14.04 (12.08, 16.00) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 2.09
Quetiapine 4.44 (2.68, 6.20) 7.63 (5.81, 9.45) 9.29 (7.43, 11.15) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 1.63
Risperidone 4.87 (3.99, 5.75) 8.12 (7.20, 9.04) 9.12 (8.18, 10.06) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 1.64
Untreated 1.25 (−0.89, 3.39) 0.99 (−0.99, 2.97) 0.05 (−1.89, 1.99) 0.27 0.36 0.96 0.11
BMI z-score
Aripiprazole 0.16 (0.04, 0.28) 0.31 (0.19, 0.43) 0.37 (0.25, 0.49) 0.007 <0.001 <0.001 0.96
Olanzapine 0.56 (0.38, 0.74) 0.79 (0.61, 0.97) 0.93 (0.75, 1.11) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 1.54
Quetiapine 0.18 (0.04, 0.32) 0.38 (0.24, 0.52) 0.44 (0.28, 0.60) 0.02 <0.001 <0.001 0.92
Risperidone 0.35 (0.27, 0.43) 0.53 (0.45, 0.61) 0.60 (0.52, 0.68) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 1.29
Untreated 0.04 (−0.08, 0.16) 0.02 (−0.10, 0.14) −0.003 (−0.12, 0.11) 0.52 0.80 0.96 −0.01
BMI Percentile
Aripiprazole 4.38 (1.26, 7.50) 6.97 (3.81, 10.13) 8.44 (5.26, 11.62) 0.008 <0.001 <0.001 0.81
Olanzapine 14.09 (9.35, 18.83) 20.36 (15.54, 25.18) 24.22 (19.32, 29.12) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 1.44
Quetiapine 4.86 (1.57, 8.15) 9.33 (5.92, 12.74) 10.86 (7.35, 14.37) 0.006 <0.001 <0.001 1.01
Risperidone 9.38 (6.77, 11.99) 14.69 (11.97, 17.41) 16.42 (13.64, 19.20) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 1.00
Untreated 0.97 (−2.58, 4.52) 0.66 (−2.75, 4.07) 0.69 (−2.58, 3.96) 0.60 0.71 0.69 0.11
Waist (cm)
Aripiprazole 2.20 (−0.33, 4.73) 4.28 (1.75, 6.81) 5.40 (2.87, 7.93) 0.09 0.002 0.001 0.65
Olanzapine 4.09 (3.01, 5.17) 6.79 (5.67, 7.91) 8.55 (7.43, 9.67) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 2.44
Quetiapine 2.74 (1.62, 3.86) 4.50 (3.34, 5.66) 5.27 (4.07, 6.47) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 1.44
Risperidone 2.85 (2.28, 3.42) 4.60 (4.01, 5.19) 5.10 (4.49, 5.71) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 1.42
Untreated 0.84 (−0.87, 2.55) 0.94 (−0.73, 2.61) 0.70 (−0.87, 2.27) 0.36 0.29 0.40 0.23

All change scores are reports as means ± 95% confidence intervals.

Bolded p values: <0.05