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. 2017 Mar 9;8(2):417–431. doi: 10.1007/s13300-017-0241-z

Table 4.

Cox proportional hazards (PH) regression analyses for liraglutide (all doses [0.6 mg, 1.2 mg, and 1.8 mg per day]) versus lixisenatide (20 µg per day) to assess the effect of exposure on time to achieving HbA1c and weight reduction targets within 12 months of therapy

Cox PH regression analyses
HR 95% LCL 95% UCL p value
Probability of achieving HbA1c <6.5%a
 Lixisenatide (20 µg) (N = 454)
 Liraglutide (all doses) (N = 1213) 2.54 1.55 4.16 0.0002
Probability of achieving HbA1c <7.0%a
 Lixisenatide (20 µg) (N = 446)
 Liraglutide (all doses) (N = 1186) 2.10 1.57 2.83 <0.0001
Probability of achieving HbA1c <7.5%a
 Lixisenatide (20 µg) (N = 438)
 Liraglutide (all doses) (N = 1134) 1.65 1.33 2.05 <0.0001
Probability of achieving >1% HbA1c reductiona
 Lixisenatide (20 µg) (N = 459)
 Liraglutide (all doses) (N = 1231) 1.29 1.13 1.47 0.0002
Probability of achieving ≥3% weight reductionb
 Lixisenatide (20 µg) (N = 120)
 Liraglutide (all doses) (N = 312) 1.12 0.82 1.53 0.493

HbA1c glycated hemoglobin, HR hazard ratio, LCL lower confidence limit, PH proportional hazards, UCL upper confidence limit

aCox PH regression adjusted for baseline HbA1c only

bCox PH regression adjusted for baseline weight only