Table 1. Clinical Characteristics of the Study Participants.

From: Clinical Factors Associated with Body-weight Reduction Induced by Semaglutide 1.0 mg Weekly in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Overall (N=96) greater response group (N=23) none-greater response group (N=73) P value
Age (year) 56.7±9.5 59.2±10.7 55.9±9.0 0.1512
Male (%) 58 (60.4%) 13 (56.5%) 45 (61.6%) 0.8073
Height (cm) 164.9±8.9 163.8±7.7 165.2±9.2 0.5064
Weight (kg) 82.7 (75.9-97.6) 81.2 (71.9-89.6) 83.5 (77.6-98.1) 0.3846
BMI (kg/m2) 30.8 (28.7-34.5) 30.1 (28.1-31.9) 31.7 (28.9-34.7) 0.4783
Hemoglobin A1c (%) 7.0 (6.3-7.8) 6.6 (6.0-7.2) 7.1 (6.4-8.3) 0.0666
Aspartate aminotransferase (IU/L) 25 (19-35) 25 (20-36) 26 (19-35) 0.6619
Alanine aminotransferase (IU/L) 28 (20-42) 27 (17-37) 28 (23-43) 0.1955
γ-glutamyl transpeptidase (IU/L) 28 (20-49) 26 (23-51) 30 (20-48) 0.3606
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 150 (132-182) 144 (132-188) 150 (131-181) 0.3936
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) 45 (38-51) 47 (43-58) 44 (37-51) 0.0058
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) 75 (59-91) 72 (58-97) 75 (59-87) 0.4271
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 141 (98-216) 130 (98-176) 141 (98-220) 0.2486
eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2) 73.0 (61.0-83.3) 76.2 (53.2-83.8) 72.4 (61.4-83.3) 0.8153
Antidiabetic medicines (%)
Insulin (combined) 37 (47.4%) 8 (34.8%) 29 (39.7%) 0.8072
Sulfonylureas (combined) 24 (24.7%) 4 (17.4%) 20 (27.3%) 0.4161
Glinides (combined) 4 (4.1%) 2 (8.7%) 2 (2.7%) 0.2417
DPP-4 inhibitor (switched) 7 (7.2%) 2 (8.7%) 5 (6.8%) 0.6715
GLP-1 receptor agonists (switched) 70 (72.2%) 12 (52.2%) 58 (79.5%) 0.0154
SGLT-2 inhibitor (combined) 81 (83.5%) 20 (87.0%) 61 (83.6%) 1.0000
Metformin (combined) 56 (57.7%) 15 (65.2%) 41 (56.2%) 0.4779
Thiazolidinedione (combined) 8 (8.2%) 1 (4.3%) 7 (9.6%) 0.6752
Alpha-glucosidase inhibitor (combined) 5 (5.2%) 3 (13.0%) 2 (2.7%) 0.0873
Table 2. Logistic Regression Analysis for Presence of Greater Response in Weight Reduction after Weekly Treatment with Semaglutide.

From: Clinical Factors Associated with Body-weight Reduction Induced by Semaglutide 1.0 mg Weekly in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Simple regression Multivariate regression
OR 95%CI for Odds ratio P-value OR 95%CI for Odds ratio P-value
Age (per 1.0year) 1.0381 0.9862 - 1.0928 0.1527
Sex (male) 1.2363 0.4782 - 3.1961 0.6616 1.1255 0.4016 - 3.1544 0.8221
Height (per 1.0 cm) 0.9818 0.9304 - 1.0360 0.5022
Weight (per 1.0 kg) 0.9870 0.9584 - 1.0164 0.3816
BMI (per 1.0 kg/m2) 0.9613 0.8629 - 1.0710 0.4744
Hemoglobin A1c (per 1.0 %) 0.7091 0.4861 - 1.0344 0.0744
Aspartate aminotransferase (per 1.0 IU/L) 0.9935 0.9651 - 1.0227 0.6589
Alanine aminotransferase (per 1.0 IU/L) 0.9811 0.9530 - 1.0101 0.1994
γ-glutamyl transpeptidase (per 1.0 IU/L) 1.0064 0.9926 - 1.0203 0.3656
Total cholesterol (per 1.0 mg/dL) 1.0054 0.9931 - 1.0178 0.3907
HDL-cholesterol (per 1.0 mg/dL) 1.0522 1.0103 - 1.0959 0.0140 1.0472 1.0059 - 1.0902 0.0248
LDL-cholesterol (per 1.0 mg/dL) 1.0067 0.9904 - 1.0232 0.4240
Triglycerides (per 1.0 mg/dL) 0.9963 0.9902 - 1.0023 0.2270
eGFR (per 1.0 ml/min/1.73 m2) 0.9977 0.9790 - 1.0168 0.8130
Insulin (versus no use) 0.8092 0.3044 - 2.1513 0.6713
Sulfonylureas (versus no use) 0.5579 0.1689 - 1.8423 0.3383
Glinides (versus no use) 3.3810 0.4487 - 25.4747 0.2371
DPP-4 inhibitor (versus no use) 1.2952 0.2340 - 7.1704 0.7670
GLP-1 RA (versus no use) 0.2821 0.1042 - 0.7637 0.0128 0.3105 0.1106 - 0.8718 0.0264
SGLT-2 inhibitor (versus no use) 1.3115 0.3359 - 5.1211 0.6964
Metformin (versus no use) 1.4634 0.5522 - 3.8786 0.4439
Thiazolidinedione (versus no use) 0.4286 0.0499 - 3.6797 0.4399
Alpha-glucosidase inhibitor (versus no use) 5.3250 0.8317 - 34.0942 0.0775
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