Research Article

A Study on Weight Loss Cause as per the Side Effect of Liraglutide

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of patients ().

TotalMAIN_SE(-) groupMAIN_SE(+) groupSTOP_SE(-) groupSTOP_SE(+) group value

Number (%)15741 (26.1)23 (14.7)63 (40.1)30 (19.1)
Age (years)0.486
Female sex, (%)117 (74.5)27 (65.9)19 (82.6)48 (76.2)23 (76.7)0.461
Weight (kg)0.640
BMI (kg/m2)0.974
Use of liraglutide
 Period of use (month)0.968
 Dosage (mg)0.165
Present illness
 Hypertension, (%)48 (30.6)15 (36.6)5 (21.7)16 (25.4)12 (40.0)0.309
 Prediabetes, (%)10 (6.4)2 (4.9)1 (4.4)6 (9.5)1 (3.3)0.716
 DM, (%)57 (36.3)15 (36.6)10 (43.5)20 (31.8)12 (40.0)0.740
 Dyslipidemia, (%)65 (41.4)15 (36.6)14 (60.9)22 (34.9)14 (46.7)0.144
 GI trouble history, (%)4 (2.6)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)1 (1.6)3 (10.0)0.060
 Fatty liver, (%)11 (7.0)3 (7.3)3 (13.0)3 (4.8)2 (6.7)0.629
 Thyroid disease, (%)1 (0.6)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)1 (1.6)0 (0.0)>0.999
 Psychiatric history, (%)15 (9.6)4 (9.8)2 (8.7)7 (11.1)2 (6.7)0.979
 Allergy history, (%)1 (0.6)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)1 (3.3)0.338
Laboratory finding
 Glucose (mg/dL)0.938
 HbA1c (%)0.823
 BUN (mg/dL)0.284
 Creatinine (mg/dL)0.096
 eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)0.263
 AST (U/L)0.621
 ALT (U/L)0.612
 ALP (U/L)0.744
γGTP (U/L)0.722
 CPK (U/L)0.249
 Total cholesterol (mg/dL)0.307
 Triglycerides (mg/dL)0.402
 HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)0.779
 LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)0.669

Categorical variables are reported as frequencies (%), and continuous variables are reported as . AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; ALP: alkaline phosphatase; BMI: body mass index; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; CPK: creatinine phosphokinase; DM: diabetes mellitus; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; GI: gastrointestinal; γ-GTP: γ-glutamyl transpeptidase; HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein.