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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Drug Investig. 2016 Nov;36(11):935–944. doi: 10.1007/s40261-016-0439-2

Table 2.

Assessment of elevation of ALT by treatment during the study course at four (4 W), eight (8 W) and 13 weeks (13 W) in patients

Timeline Pearson’s Chi-square Likelihood ratio
(A) GR.2 Patients with elevated ALT at baseline
4-week 0.680 (p = 0.410) 0.685 (p = 0.408)
8-week 5.279 (p = 0.071) 5.351 (p = 0.069)
13-week 1.778 (p = 0.411) 1.826 (p = 0.401)
(B) GR.1 Patients with normal ALT at baseline
4-week 0.142 (p = 0.707) 0.142 (p = 0.706)
8-week 4.8 (p = 0.029) 5.221 (p = 0.022)
13-week 0.190 (p = 0.663) 0.189 (p = 0.664)

p-value that does not support relevance of the elevation is depicted in bold

A: Analysis was conducted in patients with baseline elevated ALT receiving different study treatment (active drug vs. placebo). Chi-square test was conducted between treatment and frequency of all patients with elevated or non-elevated ALT at each time-point

B: Analysis was conducted in patients with baseline normal ALT receiving a different study treatment (active drug vs. placebo). Chi-square test was conducted between treatment and frequency of all patients with elevated or non-elevated ALT at each time-point. Statistical significance was set at p ≤ 0.05

At 4-week and 13-week, likelihood of occurrence of ALT elevation did not reach any significant probability between the quetiapine and placebo sub-arms in either group (A [GR.2] vs. B [GR.1]). At 8-week, there was moderate probability of ALT elevation between the quetiapine and placebo sub-arms that was significant, however it was similar in both the groups (A [GR.2] vs. B [GR.1])