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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 4.

New-Onset Categorical Glucose and Lipid Metabolism Outcomes

Outcome Variable Total
(n=272)
Aripiprazole
(n=41)
Olanzapine
(n=45)
Quetiapine
(n=36)
Risperidone
(n=135)
Comparison
Group
(n=15)
P-Value
including
the
Comparison
Group
P-Value
excluding the
Comparison
Group
a
Weight Loss - n (%) 16 (5.9) 2 (4.9) 1 (2.2) 1 (2.8) 6 (4.4) 6 (40.0) <0.001 0.83
Weight Gain ≥7% - n (%) 169 (62.1) 24 (58.4) 38 (84.4) 20 (55.6) 87 (64.4) 0 (0.0) <0.001 <0.05
Weight Gain ≥14% - n (%) 75 (27.6) 7 (17.1) 23 (51.1) 11 (30.6) 34 (25.2) 0 (0.0) 0.03 0.01
Weight Gain ≥21% - n (%) 24 (8.8) 2 (4.9) 11 (24.4) 2 (5.6) 9 (6.7) 0 (0.0) 0.002 0.01
Transition to overweight b or obese c category - n (%) 47 (17.3) 4 (9.8) 10 (22.2) 13 (36.1) 19 (14.1) 1 (6.6) 0.0092 0.04
>10% BMI - n (%) 101 (37.1) 9 (22.0) 30 (66.7) 14 (38.9) 48 (35.6) 0 (0.0) <0.001 0.003
>20% BMI - n (%) 23 (8.5) 3 (7.3) 10 (22.2) 2 (5.6) 8 (5.9) 0 (0.0) 0.007 0.12
>0.5 BMI z-Score- n (%) 114 (41.9) 9 (22.0) 28 (62.2) 13 (36.1) 64 (47.4) 0 (0.0) <0.001 0.03 (ARI) 0.04 (OLA)
>1.0 BMI z-Score- n (%) 49 (18.1) 2 (4.9) 16 (35.6) 5 (13.9) 26 (19.3) 0 (0.0) 0.001 0.04
Hyperglycemia d, e (>100 mg/dL) – no. (%) 9 (3.4) 2 (4.9) 1 (2.2) 2 (5.9) 4 (3.0) 0 (0.0) 0.79 0.86
Hyperinsulinemia d (≥ 20 U/mL) - no. (%) 21 (7.9) 3 (7.3) 8 (17.8) 1 (2.9) 9 (6.8) 0 (0.0) 0.07 0.03
Insulin Resistance d (HOMA IR≥4.4 23 (8.6) 3 (7.3) 8 (17.8) 1 (2.9) 11 (8.3) 0 (0.0) 0.10 0.02
Hypercholesterolemia f - (≥170 mg/dL) - no. (%) 35 (13.0) 3 (7.3) 12 (26.7) 5 (14.7) 23 (17.2) 0 (0.0) 0.06 0.26
High LDL-cholesterol f - (>110 mg/dL) - no. (%) 34 (12.6) 2 (4.9) 13 (28.9) 5 (14.7) 13 (9.7) 1 (6.7) 0.03 0.006
Low HDL-cholesterol f (<40 mg/dL) no. (%) 13 (4.8) 2 (4.9) 5 (11.1) 2 (5.9) 4 (3.0) 0 (0.0) 0.22 0.37
Hypertriglyceridemia f - (≥110 mg/dL) no. (%) 35 (13.0) 3 (7.3) 9 (20.0) 6 (11.9) 16 (12.0) 1 (6.7) 0.35 0.18
Dyslipidemia f  - (cholesterol ≥170 mg/dL and/or triglycerides ≥110 mg/dL) - no. (%) 46 (17.1) 3 (7.3) 13 (28.9) 3 (8.8) 26 (19.3) 1 (6.7) 0.03 0.04
Triglyceride/HDL ratio ≥3.5 e - no. (%) 23 (8.6) 3 (7.3) 5 (11.1) 4 (11.8) 11 (8.2) 0 (0.0) 0.68 0.49
Metabolic syndrome g - no. (%) 4 (1.6) 1 (2.5) 1 (2.5) 2 (6.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0.13 0.44

Bolded p values: <0.05

a

Controlled for each respective baseline value (BMI z score for categorical shift in body composition parameters; BMI percentile for upward shift in weight category), as well as sex, baseline GAF score and mood stabilizer and anticholinergic cotreatment

b

At-risk weight category: ≥85th-<95th BMI percentile

c

Overweight category: ≥95th BMI percentile

d

Percentages are based on the number of patients with data available: 41 in the aripiprazole group, 45 in the olanzapine group, 34 in the quetiapine group, 134 in the risperidone group and 14 in the control group

e

one premorbidly obese adolescent developed diabetes mellitus while receiving quetiapine.

f

Percentages are based on the number of patients with data available: 41 in the aripiprazole group, 45 in the olanzapine group, 34 in the quetiapine group, 133 in the risperidone group and 14 in the control group

g

Percentages are based on the number of patients with data available: 40 in the aripiprazole group, 40 in the olanzapine group, 31 in the quetiapine