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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Sep 4;62(24):10.1016/j.jacc.2013.07.078. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.07.078

Table 3.

Medication discontinuation following weight loss across treatment classes stratified by insulin status.

Weight loss Lower insulin ≤ 12 uIU/mL
< 10%
≥ 10%
P value
n = 59 n = 50
Anti-hypertensive 10 (6) 26 (13) 0.03
Lipid-lowering 0 (0) 20 (10) 0.0002
Hypoglycemic 2 (1) 20 (10) 0.002

Higher insulin > 12 uIU/mL
n = 37 n = 62 P value

Anti-hypertensive 3 (1) 37 (23) <0.0001
Lipid-lowering 3 (1) 21 (13) 0.01
Hypoglycemic 0 (0) 36 (22) <0.0001

Values represent % discontinuation (n).