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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 15.
Published in final edited form as: Postgrad Med J. 2014 Sep 11;90(1069):630–637. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2014-132821

Table 5.

Clinical outcomes of patients with obesity in the internal medicine residents’ continuity clinics

Clinical outcomes Pre-MODS
 Post-MODS
 Differences (changes between curriculum)
N Mean (SD) N Mean (SD) Mean (SD) p Value
Height (cm) 238 171.32 (10.56) 235 171.32 (10.56)
Weight (kg) 238 101.97 (26.94) 235 101.63 (23.73)
BMI (kg/m2) 238   34.65 (8.17) 235   34.51 (7.05)   0.14 (1.81) 0.78
%HbA1c (%) 90     7.31 (1.62) 102     7.25 (1.66)   0.06 (1.48) 0.86
LDL (mg/dL) 143   97.58 (36.53) 139   93.79 (32.76)   3.79 (34.61) 0.12
Visits per patient 238     2.05 (0.88) 235     2.07 (0.84) −0.02 (0.91) 0.72

BMI, body mass index; %HbA1c, glycated haemoglobin; LDL, low density lipoprotein; MODS, multidisciplinary obesity-specific didactic sessions.