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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 29.
Published in final edited form as: Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2016 Oct 27;13(3):491–500. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2016.10.018

Table 4.

Logistic regression analysis with most commonly used medication as predictor

Medication Number of patients (%) Treatment period weight loss
≥5% ≥10% ≥15%
OR P value 95% CI OR P value 95% CI OR P value 95% CI
Topiramate 194 (60.8%) 1.03 .901 (.65, 1.64) 1.9 .018 (1.1, 3.2) 2.08 .041 (1.03, 4.2)
Phentermine 121 (37.9%) 1.18 .504 (.73, 1.89) 1.09 .729 (.66, 1.82) 1.42 .27 (.63, 1.77)
Metformin 123 (38.6) 1.01 .98 (.63, 1.61) 1.15 .583 (.70, 1.90) .96 .91 (.51, 1.8)
Bupropion 75 (23.5%) .92 .776 (.54, 1.58) 1.1 .753 (.62, 1.93) 1.23 .55 (.62, 2.46)
Zonisamide 65 (20.4%) 1.15 .643 (.64, 2.04) 1.03 .914 (.57, 1.89) .97 .94 (.46, 2.07)

CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio.

Model is adjusted for type of surgery and BMI at start of medications.