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FIGURE LEGENDS
Figure 1. Study design. Abbreviation: PK, pharmacokinetics; OGTT, oral glucose tolerance test; EVO, evogliptin 5 mg once daily; PIO, pioglitazone 30 mg once daily; EVO+PIO: evogliptin 5 mg + pioglitazone 30 mg once daily.
Figure 2. Mean plasma evogliptin and pioglitazone concentration-time profiles at steady-state after EVO, PIO, and EVO+PIO. Error bars represent standard deviations. (a) evogliptin, linear scale, (b) evogliptin, semi-log scale, (c) pioglitazone, linear scale, (d) pioglitazone, semi-log scale.
Figure 3. Mean (a) Δ serum glucose and (b) Δ plasma insulin level-time profiles at steady-state after EVO, PIO, and EVO+PIO. Error bars represent standard deviations.
Supplementary figure 1. Mean plasma (a) evogliptin M7, (b) M8 and pioglitazone (c) M3, (d) M4 concentration-time profiles at steady-state after EVO, PIO or EVO+PIO. Error bars represent standard deviations.