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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Hepatol. 2019 Oct 18;72(1):25–33. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2019.10.006

Table 2.

Change in lipids over time by treatment group

OCA (n=99) Placebo (n=97) Treatment Effect
Serum-lipids Visit Mean (SD) Change from BL Mean (SD) Change from BL Mean 95% CI P-value*
  Total cholesterol – mg/dL BL 191 (44) 190 (48) 0 −13, 13 0.99
F12 206 8% 183 −4% 23 13, 33 <0.0001
F72 197 3% 185 −3% 12 2, 22 0.02
F96 176 −8% 179 −6% −3 −12, 7 0.57
  Triglycerides – mg/dL BL 219 (312) 182 (178) 37 −35, 108 0.31
F12 160 −27% 177 −3% −17 −40, 5 0.13
F72 176 −20% 176 3% 0 −34, 34 1.00
F96 193 −12% 181 0% 12 −18, 41 0.43
  HDL – mg/dL BL 42.6 (11.1) 44.8 (13.9) −2.2 −5.7, 1.4 0.23
F12 39.6 −7% 43.7 −2% −4.1 −5.9, −2.3 <0.0001
F72 42.6 0% 45.1 1% −2.6 −4.6, −0.6 0.01
F96 43.9 3% 44.2 −1% −0.2 −2.3, 1.8 0.82
  LDL – mg/dL BL 111 (39) 114 (41) −3 −15, 8 0.59
F12 137 23% 108 −5% 30 22, 38 <0.0001
F72 122 10% 107 −6% 15 6, 24 0.001
F96 100 −10% 101 −11% −1 −9, 8 0.89
NMR-VLDL
  Total – nmol/L BL 68.6 (38.4) 59.6 (34.1) 9.1 −1.3, 19.2 0.09
F12 61.5 −10% 63.3 6% −1.8 −8.3, 4.7 0.59
F72 59.3 −14% 58.3 −2% 1.1 −5.6, 7.7 0.75
F96 60.0 −13% 60.6 2% −0.6 −7.6, 6.4 0.87
  Large – nmol/L BL 9.8 (8.2) 8.9 (8.6) 0.9 −1.5, 3.3 0.47
F12 6.7 −32% 8.9 0% −2.2 −3.5, −0.9 0.001
F72 8.3 −15% 8.2 −8% 0.1 −1.3, 1.6 0.85
F96 9.4 −4% 9.3 4% 0.1 −1.8, 1.9 0.93
  Medium – nmol/L BL 27.3 (25.2) 22.8 (23.5) 4.5 −2.4, 11.4 0.20
F12 21.3 −22% 25.7 13% −1.9 −8.9, 0.2 0.06
F72 20.5 −25% 23.0 1% −2.5 −7.3, 2.2 0.29
F96 22.4 −18% 23.9 5% −1.5 −5.9, 3.0 0.52
  Small – nmol/L BL 31.6 (20.3) 28.0 (15.5) 3.6 −1.5, 8.7 0.16
F12 34.2 8% 28.1 0% 6.0 1.1, 11.0 0.02
F72 30.7 −3% 26.8 −4% 3.9 −0.6, 8.4 0.09
F96 28.5 −10% 26.8 −4% 1.9 −3.0, 6.7 0.45
NMR-LDL
  Total – nmol/L BL 1390 (463) 1424 (476) −34 −166, 98 0.61
F12 1668 20% 1335 −6% 333 230, 437 <0.0001
F72 1522 9% 1336 −6% 187 79, 294 0.0007
F96 1281 −8% 1278 −10% 3 −89, 95 0.95
  Large – nmol/L BL 288 (237) 342 (273) −54 −126, 18 0.14
F12 477 66% 313 −8% 164 104, 225 <0.0001
F72 399 39% 336 −2% 63 6, 120 0.03
F96 272 −6% 287 −16% −15 −66, 36 0.57
  IDL – nmol/L BL 157 (125) 165 (135) −8 −45, 29 0.66
F12 176 12% 151 −8% 25 −11, 60 0.17
F72 168 7% 162 −2% 6 −31, 43 0.77
F96 129 −18% 155 −6% −26 −56, 4 0.08
  Small – nmol/L BL 946 (418) 917 (390) 28 −85, 142 0.62
F12 1013 6% 872 −5% 141 51, 232 0.002
F72 955 1% 838 −9% 117 22, 212 0.02
F96 878 −7% 839 −9% 39 −45, 123 0.36
NMR-HDL
  Total – μmol/L BL 34.8 (6.2) 34.4 (6.8) 0.4 −1.4, 2.2 0.68
F12 30.0 −14% 34.9 1% −4.8 −6.0, −3.6 <0.0001
F72 32.0 −8% 34.6 1% −2.6 −4.0, −1.2 0.0003
F96 33.4 −4% 35.2 2% −1.8 −3.2, −0.3 0.02
  Large - μmol/L BL 6.1 (2.8) 6.3 (3.4) −0.2 −1.1, 0.7 0.67
F12 4.4 −28% 6.3 0% −1.8 −2.3, −1.3 <0.0001
F72 4.9 −20% 6.1 −3% −1.2 −1.8, −0.7 <0.0001
F96 5.8 −5% 5.8 −8% −0.1 −0.6, 0.5 0.82
  Medium - μmol/L BL 6.5 (4.7) 7.3 (5.4) −0.7 −2.1, 0.7 0.33
F12 5.5 −15% 8.0 10% −2.5 −3.7, −1.2 0.0001
F72 5.6 −15% 7.2 −1% −1.6 −2.9, −0.3 0.02
F96 7.1 9% 8.0 10% −0.8 −2.1, 0.4 0.18
  Small - μmol/L BL 22.1 (6.2) 20.8 (5.7) 1.3 −0.4, 3.0 0.13
F12 20.0 −10% 20.7 0% −0.7 −2.2, 0.8 0.35
F72 21.6 −2% 21.4 3% 0.2 −1.3, 1.8 0.78
F96 20.5 −7% 21.4 3% −0.9 −2.2, 0.5 0.20
*

Based on ANOVA for differences at baseline and ANCOVA for differences during follow-up adjusting for baseline value

100*[(Mean at FU – Mean at BL) / Mean at BL]

Treatment effect is treatment group difference in change from baseline adjusted for value at baseline