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. 2015 Winter;14(Suppl):77–86.

Table 2.

Comparing the anthropometric and biochemical parameters before and after 16 weeks treatment

Placebo
Cabergoline
Before After 16 w p-value 95% CI Before After 16 w p-value 95% CI
Sex (M/F) 4/10 4/7 7/6 7/5
Prolactin (ng/mL) 9.65 ± 0.87 9.78 ± 1.01 0.92 -2.91 — 2.65 10.23 ± 1.86 0.29 ± 0.08 0.00 6.09 — 13.85
BMI (Kg/m2) 27.50 ± 1.21 26.83 ± 1.20 0.70 -2.98 — 4.35 30.67 ± 1.54 29.77 ± 1.42 0.67 -3.46 — 5.26
A1c (%) 5.70 ± 0.08 5.77 ± 0.10 0.64 -0.34 — 0.21 5.7 ± 0.13 5.59 ± 0.01 0.46 -0.20 — 0.43
Weight (Kg) 73.90 ± 4.35 72.18 ± 4.56 0.78 -11.43 — 14.89 81.41 ± 4.51 79.00 ± 4.16 0.69 -10.31 — 15.41
WC* (cm) 95.72 ± 3.5 92.36 ± 3.89 0.52 -7.56 — 14.29 104.75 ± 3.29 102.33 ± 3.44 0.61 -7.47 — 12.31
2h Insulin (µU/L) 66.22 ± 9.35 51.14 ± 10.48 0.30 N.NL. 77.32 ± 3.75 55.23 ± 7.79 0.02 2.84 — 4.34
HOMA2 %B 96.26 ± 17.36 80.90 ± 9.53 0.46 -27.30 — 58.02 85.63 ± 5.44 98.65 ± 6.06 0.12 -29.93 — 3.88
HOMA2 %S 101.16 ± 19.98 109.65 ± 22.91 0.78 -71.91 — 54.93 76.76 ± 7.24 98.65 ± 6.06 0.03 -41.40 — -2.28
HOMA2 IR 1.54 ± 0.33 1.40 ± 0.27 0.74 -0.76 — 1.05 1.46 ± 0.14 1.14 ± 0.04 0.04 0.00 — 0.64

Value represented as mean ± SEM

Bolded P values are statistically different before and after 16 weeks of treatment

Analysis done based on within group average changed over 16 weeks

*

Waist Circumferences (WC)