Research Article

Baseline Triglyceride Level Affected the Efficacy of Vildagliptin in Treating Type 2 Diabetes: A Post Hoc Analysis of the VISION Study

Table 3

Relationship between baseline characteristics and ΔHbA1c in the VLDM and HDM groups by multivariate linear regression analysis (FAS LOCF).

VLDMHDM
(95% CI) value (95% CI) value

Week 12
 Log (baseline TG)0.1083 (0.0537, 0.1629)<0.0010.0800 (-0.0821, 0.2422)0.333
 Plasma creatinine-0.0035 (-0.0053, -0.0017)<0.001-0.0052 (-0.0104, -0.0000)0.052
 Duration of DM0.0231 (0.0163, 0.0298)<0.0010.0083 (-0.0112, 0.0279)0.403
 Baseline HbA1c-0.4127 (-0.4455, -0.3799)<0.001-0.2582 (-0.3620, -0.1544)<0.001
Week 24
 Log (baseline TG)0.0551 (-0.0071, 0.1173)0.0820.0761 (-0.0691, 0.2212)0.304
 Plasma creatinine-0.0036 (-0.0057, -0.0016)<0.001-0.0014 (-0.0061, 0.0032)0.541
 Duration of DM0.0234 (0.0157, 0.0311)<0.0010.0314 (0.0139, 0.0490)<0.001
 Baseline HbA1c-0.4290 (-0.4663, -0.3917)<0.001-0.3325 (-0.4248, -0.2402)<0.001

TG: triglyceride; FAS: full analysis set; LOCF: last observation carried forward; VLDM: vildagliptin (50 mg bid) plus metformin (500 mg bid); HDM: metformin uptitration (1000 mg bid); 95% CI: 95% confidence interval; HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin; TC: total cholesterol.