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. 2017 Jul 6;43(1):69–80. doi: 10.1007/s13318-017-0427-9

Table 5.

Dose proportionality assessment for pharmacokinetic parameters of metformin at three doses (test treatments T1–T3) in the presence of 10 mg rosuvastatin

Endpoint Test (T) Reference (REF) Ratio T/REF 90% CI Dose ratio (T/REF) as a fraction of dose ratio
T2 (50 mg metformin) T1 (10 mg metformin)
N Adj. gMean N Adj. gMean
AUC0–tz (nmol·h/L) 16 6382.07 15 1554.00 4.11 (3.87; 4.36) 5 0.822
C max (nmol/L) 16 990.39 15 273.27 3.62 (3.16; 4.15) 5 0.724
AUC0–∞ (nmol·h/L) 16 6418.12 12 1559.11 4.12 (3.83; 4.43) 5 0.824
Endpoint Test (T) Reference (REF) Ratio T/REF 90% CI Dose ratio (T/REF) as a fraction of dose ratio
T3 (500 mg metformin) T2 (50 mg metformin)
N Adj. gMean N Adj. gMean
AUC0–tz (nmol·h/L) 15 50027.10 16 6333.14 7.90 (7.55; 8.27) 10 0.790
C max (nmol/L) 15 7129.32 16 999.06 7.14 (6.54; 7.78) 10 0.714
AUC0–∞ (nmol·h/L) 15 50491.90 16 6374.86 7.92 (7.58; 8.28) 10 0.792
Endpoint Test (T) Reference (REF) Ratio T/REF 90% CI Dose ratio (T/REF) as a fraction of dose ratio
T3 (500 mg metformin) T1 (10 mg metformin)
N Adj. gMean N Adj. gMean
AUC0–tz (nmol·h/L) 15 50547.30 15 1553.37 32.54 (31.12; 34.03) 50 0.651
C max (nmol/L) 15 7193.55 15 266.59 26.98 (23.95; 30.40) 50 0.540
AUC0–∞ (nmol·h/L) 15 51017.10 12 1537.88 33.17 (31.24; 35.22) 50 0.663

AUC 0tz area under the plasma concentration–time curve from time zero to last quantifiable concentration, C max peak plasma concentration, AUC 0–∞ area under the plasma concentration–time curve extrapolated to infinity, CI confidence interval, Adj. gMean adjusted geometric mean