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Table 8 Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and Gender Differences

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

 

Women

Men

 
  

95 % confidence interval

 

95 % confidence interval

 
 

Mean (SD)

[Lower, Upper]

Mean (SD)

[Lower, Upper]

p

Antidepressant

n = 53

n = 271

 

 Weight change (kg)

6.4 (11.2)

[3.5, 10.0]

2.0 (9.7)

[0.8, 3.3]

0.007

 Percent weight change

8.5 (15.7)

[4.5, 13.6]

2.9 (10.6)

[1.7, 4.4]

0.012

 BMI change

2.5 (4.4)

[1.3, 3.9]

0.6 (3.0)

[0.3, 1.1]

0.004

 Duration (years)†

2.1 (0.9)

[1.8, 2.3]

2.4 (1.1)

[2.2, 2.5]

0.055

Antipsychotic

n = 16

n = 156

 

 Weight change (kg)

8.8 (17.8)

[−0.6, 18.3]

1.6 (11.8)

[−0.3, 3.7]

0.122

 Percent weight change

13.9 (29.6)

[−1.9, 29.6]

3.3 (13.8)

[1.2, 5.8]

0.166

 BMI change

3.4 (7.2)

[−0.4, 7.3]

0.5 (3.8)

[−0.1, 1.1]

0.126

 Duration (years)

1.9 (1.0)

[1.3, 2.4]

2.5 (1.0)

[2.3, 2.7]

0.027

FGA

n = 7

n = 92

 

 Weight change (kg)

10.8 (17.2)

[−5.1, 26.6]

0.9 (12.2)

[−1.7, 3.7]

0.096

 Percent weight change

15.8 (31.4)

[−13.3, 44.8]

2.7 (14.1)

[−0.3, 6.0]

0.142

 BMI change

4.1 (7.2)

[−2.5, 10.8]

0.3 (3.9)

[−0.5, 1.2]

0.094

 Duration (years)

1.7 (1.0)

[0.7, 2.6]

2.4 (1.1)

[2.2, 2.6]

0.093

SGA

n = 9

n = 64

 

 Weight change (kg)

7.3 (19.2)

[−7.4, 22.1]

2.5 (11.1)

[−0.2, 5.6]

0.568

 Percent weight change

12.4 (29.8)

[−10.5, 35.3]

4.1 (13.3)

[0.8, 7.8]

0.633

 BMI change

2.9 (7.6)

[−3.0, 8.8]

0.8 (3.5)

[−0.1, 1.7]

0.609

 Duration (years)

2 (1.1)

[1.2, 2.8]

2.7 (1.0)

[2.4, 2.9]

0.100

  1. † Length of time between baseline and last observed weight