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The study did not have the statistical power to demonstrate superiority, as it was an event-driven trial
Baseline hemoglobin A1C was approximately 5.7% in STEP 1 and STEP 3, 5.5% in STEP 8, and 5.4% in STEP 4, which featured the run-in, and much higher in STEP 2 (8.1%), which enrolled patients with type 2 diabetes
doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2014-308553
And the cultural celebration of appetite suppression and weight loss as straightforward goods makes it less likely, not more, that patients will volunteer their eating disorder history or that healthcare providers will think to ask