Table 2.
Data before and after 12 weeks of treatment with growth hormone and/or rosiglitazone or double placebo for all subjects with MRS scan of the liver.
| rhGH | Rosi | rhGH + Rosi | Double placebo | p* | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Week 12 | P‡ | Baseline | Week 12 | P | Baseline | Week 12 | P | Baseline | Week 12 | P | Baseline | Week 12 | |
| n | 7 | 6 | 12 | 6 | ||||||||||
| %female | 33 | 11 | 29 | 33 | 0.41° | . | ||||||||
| Age, yr | 48.7±6.8 | . | . | 46.7±8.6 | . | . | 48.6±11.7 | . | . | 47.2±5.9 | . | . | 0.97 | . |
| Height, cm | 171.3±11.8 | . | . | 171.1±4.5 | . | 170.8±7.5 | . | 169.5±53.7 | . | . | 0.98 | . | ||
| Weight, kg | 90.4±8.7 | 90.8±9.4 | 0.72 | 81.3±8.3 | 83.0±9.8 | 0.077 | 86.8±13.6 | 87.6±13.8 | 0.35 | 82.1±20.6 | 82.3±18.8 | 0.93 | 0.68 | 0.93 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 31.0±3.7 | 31.1±3.2 | 0.86 | 27.8±3.4 | 28.4±4.0 | 0.076 | 29.7±3.8 | 30.0±3.7 | 0.40 | 28.7±5.5 | 28.8±5.0 | 0.90 | 0.57 | 0.95 |
| DXA lean, kg | 55.9±8.8 | 59.2±9.8a | 0.016 | 57.0±6.8 | 57.0±6.1a | 0.98 | 56.9±11.0 | 60.5±11.8a | 0.0030 | 50.2±14.0 | 50.5±11.5b | 0.90 | 0.89 | 0.07 |
| DXA fat, kg | 31.2±8.5 | 28.4±7.5a | 0.0094 | 21.3±6.7 | 23.2±7.0b | 0.13 | 26.4±8.4 | 24.0±8.8a,b | 0.0072 | 28.6±10.6 | 28.4±10.9b | 0.78 | 0.20 | 0.006 |
| VAT, L | 4.4±2.0 | 3.5±1.7a | 0.0038 | 5.3±2.1 | 5.5±2.0b | 0.55 | 5.9±2.5 | 4.5±1.4a,b | 0.013 | 5.6±2.4 | 5.7±2.5b | 0.94 | 0.58 | 0.0086 |
| SAT, L | 29.7±10.4 | 29.4±9.4 | 0.58 | 19.5±5.1 | 20.0±6.9 | 0.63 | 24.9±9.2 | 24.8±8.2 | 0.90 | 26.0±10.3 | 26.0±10.9 | 0.99 | 0.27 | 0.99 |
| TAT, L | 36.5±7.2 | 35.8±6.6 | 0.40 | 33.5±5.0 | 34.7±4.5 | 0.047 | 32.1±9.1 | 31.0±7.0 | 0.47 | 33.0±9.8 | 33.2±10.8 | 0.92 | 0.73 | 0.56 |
| SMM, L | 28.1±4.1 | 30.5±6.0 | 0.18 | 28.4±4.1 | 28.7±4.0 | 0.46 | 28.5±6.9 | 30.7±8.2 | 0.10 | 27.0±7.7 | 27.9±7.6 | 0.24 | 0.97 | 0.64 |
| QUICKI | 0.31±0.03 | 0.29±0.02 | 0.09 | 0.31±0.02 | 0.29±0.02 | 0.06 | 0.30±0.01 | 0.29±0.02 | 0.16 | 0.30±0.02 | 0.30±0.03 | 0.50 | 0.54 | 0.29 |
| Hepatic fat, % | 15.9±10.3 | 13.0±8.2 | 0.46 | 27.3±17.5 | 28.2±18.7 | 0.80 | 25.4±21.0 | 19.2±19.2 | 0.038 | 39.1±22.1 | 38.8±20.6 | 0.96 | 0.20 | 0.26 |
ANOVA except where otherwise indicated; controlled for baseline value at Week 12.
Paired t-test °Fisher's exact test
Letters indicate which intervention groups are similar