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. 2021 Aug 27;9(1):e002290. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2021-002290

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics by baseline body mass index (BMI) subgroup

Characteristic BMI <25 kg/m2 BMI 25–<30 kg/m2 BMI ≥30 kg/m2 P value*
PBO
(n=79)
LIXI
(n=104)
Total
(n=183)
PBO
(n=142)
LIXI
(n=134)
Total
(n=276)
PBO
(n=42)
LIXI
(n=54)
Total
(n=96)
Age, years 56.0±9.9 54.3±9.9 55.0±9.9 55.1±9.1 53.4±9.4 54.3±9.3 50.2±7.7 51.2±10.5 50.8±9.4 0.001
Male, n (%) 40 (50.6) 51 (49.0) 91 (49.7) 76 (53.5) 83 (61.9) 159 (57.6) 23 (54.8) 18 (33.3) 41 (42.7) 0.028
HbA1c, % 7.9±0.7 8.0±0.7 8.0±0.7 8.0±0.7 8.0±0.8 8.0±0.8 8.1±0.8 8.0±0.8 8.1±0.8 0.559
Duration of diabetes, years 10.6±6.1 11.2±6.6 11.0±6.4 10.4±6.3 10.0±6.0 10.2±6.1 8.6±6.6 9.2±6.5 9.0±6.6 0.044
Duration of basal insulin, years† 2.3±2.4 2.5±3.0 2.4±2.8 2.5±2.7 2.0±2.4 2.3±2.5 1.7±1.7 2.3±2.6 2.1±2.2 0.577
FPG, mmol/L 6.8±1.8 7.1±2.3 7.0±2.1 6.7±1.8 7.1±2.2 6.9±2.0 7.1±2.1 6.9±1.7 7.0±1.9 0.921
2-hour PPG, mmol/L 14.1±3.4 14.7±4.9 14.4±4.3 14.2±3.9 13.9±4.2 14.1±4.0 14.1±3.8 12.9±3.8 13.4±3.8 0.143
Basal insulin dose, U/day 30.7±11.6 33.3±13.5 32.2±12.7 38.1±15.1 37.4±16.2 37.8±15.6 52.2±31.4 50.1±22.4 51.0±26.6 <0.001
Basal insulin dose, U/day/kg 0.5±0.2 0.6±0.2 0.5±0.2 0.5±0.2 0.5±0.2 0.5±0.2 0.6±0.3 0.6±0.3 0.6±0.3 0.154
BMI, kg/m2 23.0±1.3 23.2±1.3 23.2±1.3 27.4±1.5 27.1±1.4 27.2±1.5 33.4±2.5 32.9±2.5 33.1±2.5
Body weight, kg 61.9±7.4 61.6±7.4 61.7±7.4 73.0±9.9 73.5±9.7 73.2±9.8 89.4±10.5 85.3±11.8 87.1±11.4

All values are given as mean±SD unless otherwise stated.

*P value for differences between total participants of the different BMI subgroups.

†Only available for GetGoal-L and GetGoal-L-C Studies.

FPG, fasting plasma glucose; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin; LIXI, lixisenatide; PBO, placebo; PPG, postprandial glucose.