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. 2021 Jun 3;45(8):1687–1695. doi: 10.1038/s41366-021-00831-4

Table 2.

Summary of subject baseline characteristics.

All Treatment SMD
PL NB
DPP-4i GLP-1RA DPP-4i GLP-1RA
N 1317 317 316 345 339
Sex, n (%)
 Female 726 (55.1%) 159 (50.2%) 179 (56.6%) 195 (56.5%) 193 (56.9%) 0.068
 Male 591 (44.9%) 158 (49.8%) 137 (43.4%) 150 (43.5%) 146 (43.1%)
Grouped race, n (%)
 White/Caucasian 1119 (85.0%) 262 (82.6%) 278 (88.0%) 286 (82.9%) 293 (86.4%) 0.135
 Black/African American 165 (12.5) 44 (13.9%) 31 (9.8%) 54 (15.7%) 36 (10.6%)
 Other or unknown 33 (2.5%) 11 (3.5%) 7 (2.2%) 5 (1.4%) 10 (2.9%)
Age, years (SD) 60.7 (7.0) 61.3 (7.1) 60.4 (6.6) 60.9 (7.5) 60.1 (6.7) 0.101
BMI, kg/m2 (SD) 37.5 (5.4) 37.3 (5.1) 38.0 (5.6) 36.9 (5.2) 37.9 (5.5) 0.121
Weight, kg (SD) 107.0 (19.4) 106.2 (18.5) 109.0 (20.4) 105.1 (19.2) 107.7 (19.4) 0.116
Waist circumference, cm (SD) 120.2 (13.1) 119.5 (12.3) 121.4 (13.5) 119.2 (13.2) 121.0 (13.3) 0.102
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg (SD) 124.9 (12.7) 125.2 (12.7) 125.2 (13.2) 126.4 (12.3) 122.8 (12.6) 0.141
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg (SD) 73.7 (8.9) 73.4 (8.5) 74.4 (8.5) 73.6 (9.0) 73.6 (9.3) 0.058
Heart rate, bpm (SD) 74.7 (10.7) 73.6 (11.0) 76.4 (10.2) 72.8 (10.4) 75.9 (10.8) 0.21
Hemoglobin A1c, % (SD) 7.5 (1.5) 7.7 (1.5) 7.5 (1.5) 7.5 (1.5) 7.4 (1.3) 0.09
Glucose at baseline, mmol/L (SD) 8.8 (3.8) 9.1 (3.8) 8.5 (3.7) 9.1 (3.7) 8.6 (3.8) 0.107

All values are means unless otherwise stated.

BMI body mass index, DPP4i dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitor, GLP1 RA glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, NB extended-release naltrexone/extended-release bupropion 32/360 mg, PL placebo, SD standard deviation, SMD standardized mean difference.