Figure 15
From: Figures in clinical trial reports: current practice & scope for improvement
Change From Baseline to Week 72 in Mean and Maximum CIMT of the Common Carotid Artery. Values presented are least-square (LS) means using last observation carried forward. Error bars indicate SEs. A, Baseline LS mean, 0.771 (SE, 0.008) mm for pioglitazone and 0.779 (SE, 0.008) mm for glimepiride. Treatment-group difference (pioglitazone – glimepiride) at final visit, -0.013 (95% confidence interval, -0.024 to -0.002; P = .02). B, Baseline LS mean, 1.038 (SE, 0.0100) mm for pioglitazone and 1.042 (SE, 0.0100) mm for glimepiride. Treatment-group difference at final visit, -0.024 (95% confidence interval, -0.042 to -0.006; P = .008). CIMT indicates carotid intima-media thickness. (Mazzone et al. JAMA Dec 6, 2006 p2577)