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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: With intensive treatment, subjects in the fourth quartile of weight gain had the highest body mass index (BMI) (a measure of weight adjusted for height), blood pressure, and levels of triglyceride, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and apolipoprotein B compared with the other weight gain quartiles with the greatest difference seen when compared with the first quartile (mean values for the highest and lowest quartiles : BMI, 31 vs 24 kg/m2 ; blood pressure, 120/77 mm Hg vs 113/73 mm Hg ; triglyceride, 0. 99 mmol/L vs 0. 79 mmol/L [88 mg/dL vs 70 mg/dL] ; LDL-C, 3. 15 mmol/L vs 2. 74 mmol/L [122 mg/dL vs 106 mg/dL] ; and apolipoprotein B, 0. 89 g/L vs 0. 78 g/L ; all P <. 001).