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Table 3 BMI by Medication Group: Baseline and Last Observation

From: Gender and race disparities in weight gain among offenders prescribed antidepressant and antipsychotic medications

  

Baseline BMI

Last observation

Durationa

   

95 % CIb

 

95 % CI

 

95 % CI

Medication Group

Number

Mean (SD)

[Lower, Upper]

Mean (SD)

[Lower, Upper]

Mean (SD)

[Lower, Upper]

Antidepressants

324

30.0 (5.4)

[29.4, 30.6]

30.9 (5.4)

[30.3, 31.5]

2.3 (1.1)

[2.2, 2.4]

Antipsychotics

172

30.0 (6.0)

[29.1, 30.9]

30.8 (5.2)

[30.0, 31.5]

2.4 (1.1)

[2.6, 2.6]

Other medication

823

30.4 (5.6)

[30.0, 30.8]

30.7 (5.1)

[30.3, 31.0]

2.5 (1.1)

[2.4, 2.5]

No pharmacotherapy

1409

28.0 (4.6)

[28.6, 29.1]

29.3 (4.4)

[29.1, 29.5]

1.9 (1.1)

[1.9, 2.0]

Antipsychotics

       

 FGA

99

29.9 (5.7)

[28.8, 31.1]

30.5 (4.9)

[29.6, 31.5]

2.3 (1.1)

[2.1, 2.63]

 SGA

73

30.0 (6.3)

[28.5, 31.5]

31.0 (5.6)

[29.7, 32.4]

2.6 (1.0)

[2.4, 2.8]

  1. a Length of time (years) between baseline and last weight observation
  2. b95 % Confidence Interval
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