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An increasing trend in the proportion of patients with the worsening of HbA1c ( p <0.001), triglycerides ( p <0.001), total cholesterol ( p <0.001), systolic BP ( p <0.001), and diastolic BP ( p =0.027) was observed across the three groups from weight loss to weight gain ( Figure 1 ) . 3.4.