Clinical Study
Assessment of Metformin as an Additional Treatment to Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes in Pediatric Patients with Metabolic Syndrome
Table 2
values comparing the difference between the M group and the C group at the initial data collection and at the final data collection.
| | Initial value | Final value |
| LDL (mg/dL) | 0.86 | 0.62 | LDL (percentile) | 0.69 | 0.30 | HDL (mg/dL) | 0.68 | 0.46 | HDL (percentile) | 0.76 | 0.78 | TG (mg/dL) | 0.81 | 0.95 | TG (percentile) | 0.51 | 0.98 | ALT (U/L) | 0.31 | 0.16 | AST (U/L) | 0.26 | 0.14 | Weight (kg) | 0.16 | 0.63 | Weight (percentile) | 0.21 | 0.59 | Weight (z-score) | 0.08 | 0.22 | Height (cm) | 0.17 | 0.26 | Height (percentile) | 0.046* | 0.02* | Height (z-score) | 0.04* | 0.03* | Insulin (U/mL) | 0.15 | 0.30 | Glucose (mg/dL) | 0.07 | 0.85 | BP-systolic (mmHg) | 0.01* | 0.83 | BP-diastolic (mmHg) | 0.48 | 0.19 | BP-systolic (percentile) | 0.13 | 0.36 | BP-diastolic (percentile) | 0.08 | 0.40 | Waist (in.) | 0.14 | 0.24 | Waist (percentile) | 1.00 | 0.73 | Body fat (%) | 0.73 | 0.72 | BMI (kg/m2) | 0.29 | 0.36 | BMI (percentile) | 0.80 | 0.51 | BMI (z-score) | 0.42 | 0.85 |
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*Reaches statistical significance ( value ).
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