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. 2020 Mar 25;2020:19-0139. doi: 10.1530/EDM-19-0139

Table 3.

Clinical and laboratory characteristics of the patient before and after metreleptin and setmelanotide therapies.

Before metreleptin 1 year after metreleptin Before setmelanotide End of setmelanotide
Age 12 years and 10 months 13 years and 10 months 15 years and 10 months 16 years and 2 months
Height (m) 1.54 1.60 165 166
Weight (kg) 41.3 46.8 53.4 56
BMI (kg/m2) 17.4 18.3 19.6 20.4
Waist (cm) 74 77 85.2 83.6
Blood Pressure (Sys:Dia mmHg) 117:67 121:62 136:82 111:78
Pulse (per min) 86 71 82 87
% Body Fat 21.00 19.90 22.74 22.29
FMR 1.99 2.23 2.00 1.89
% Liver Fat (PDFF) 5.00 3.48 16.3 19.9
Triglyceride (mg/dL; mmol/L) 305 (3.45) 303 (3.42) 1601 (18.09) 1590 (17.97)
Cholesterol (mg/dL; mmol/L) 169 (4.37) 142 (3.67) 239 (6.18) 199 (5.15)
HDL (mg/dL; mmol/L) 29 (0.75) 28 (0.72) 25 (0.65) 24 (0.62)
LDL (mg/dL; mmol/L) 79 (2.04) 53 (1.37) 28 (0.72) 32 (0/83)
Hemoglobin A1c (%; mmol/mol) 5.8 (40) 5.9 (41) 9.7 (83) 10.6 (92)
Daily total insulin dose (units) None None 234 176
Creatinine (mg/dL, mmol/L) 0.44 (0.039) 0.54 (0.048) 0.56 (0.049) 0.57 (0.050)
ALT (IU/L) 73 31 34 50
AST (IU/L) 53 31 44 41
ALP (IU/L) 348 293 116 136
Leptin (ng/mL)* 7.4 271.7 <0.6 <0.6

*Leptin level measured via ELISA.

ALP, alkaline phosphatase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; FMR, fat mass ratio; GGTP, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase; HDL, high density lipoprotein; LDL, low density lipoprotein; NA, not applicable; PDFF,: proton density fat fraction.