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. 2013 May 14;13:138. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-13-138

Table 5.

Absolute and categorical changes in weight, total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL, HDL, and glucose

 
Placebo
Olanzapine
p Value
  n LS mean (SE) n LS mean (SE)  
Weight gain, kg
52
−0.36 (0.29)
104
+2.12 (0.21)
<.001
 
 
n/N (%)
 
n/N (%)
 
Patients with significant weight gain (≥7% body weight)
 
1/52 (1.9)
 
21/104 (20.2)
.001
 
n
LS mean (SE)
n
LS mean (SE)
 
Baseline-to-endpoint change in fasting laboratory values
 
 
 
 
 
 Cholesterol, mg/dL
52
−0.96 (3.37)
104
+10.06 (2.38)
.008
 Triglycerides, mg/dL
52
−4.17 (12.31)
104
+30.67 (8.68)
.02
 LDL, mg/dL
51
−1.06 (3.07)
103
+8.78 (2.16)
.01
 HDL, mg/dL
52
+1.10 (1.27)
104
−2.99 (0.90)
.01
 Glucose, mg/dL
51
−1.02 (1.11)
100
+ 1.01 (0.79)
.14
 
 
n/N (%)
 
n/N (%)
 
Patients with categorical shifts in fasting cholesterol values
 
 
 
 
 
 Normal to borderline
 
2/17 (11.8)
 
13/39 (33.3)
.11
 Normal to high
 
0/17 (0.0)
 
1/39 (2.6)
1.00
 Borderline to high
 
0/25 (0.0)
 
13/52 (25.0)
.007
Patients with categorical shifts in fasting triglyceride values
 
 
 
 
 
 Normal to borderline
 
3/37 (8.1)
 
5/82 (6.1)
.70
 Normal to high
 
1/37 (2.7)
 
9/82 (11.0)
.17
 Normal to extremely high
 
0/37 (0.0)
 
0/82 (0.0)
--
 Borderline to high
 
1/9 (11.1)
 
3/12 (25.0)
.60
 Borderline to extremely high
 
0/9 (0.0)
 
0/12 (0.0)
--
Patients with categorical shifts in fasting LDL cholesterol values
 
 
 
 
 
 Normal to borderline
 
4/9 (44.4)
 
11/26 (42.3)
>.99
 Normal to high
 
0/9 (0.0)
 
0/26 (0.0)
--
 Borderline to high
 
0/34 (0.0)
 
6/68 (8.8)
.18
Patients with categorical shifts in fasting HDL cholesterol values
 
 
 
 
 
 Normal to low
 
0/46 (0.0)
 
8/97 (8.2)
.05
Patients with categorical shifts in fasting glucose values
 
 
 
 
 
 Normal to impaired
 
5/32 (15.6)
 
9/72 (12.5)
.76
 Impaired to high
 
0/18 (0.0)
 
2/28 (7.1)
.51
 Normal/impaired to high
 
0/50 (0.0)
 
3/100 (3.0)
.55
 Normal to high   0/32 (0.0)   1/72 (1.4) 1.00

Abbreviations: HDL = high-density lipoprotein; LDL = low-density lipoprotein; LS mean = least squares mean; SE = standard error.