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ReviewJournal of diabetes and its complications

New options for the treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (narrative review).

Robert R Henry, Robert Chilton, W Timothy Garvey

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of diabetes and its complications. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.0field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. American Association of Clinical Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guideline: Developing a Diabetes Mellitus Comprehensive Care Plan-2022 Update.Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists · 2022
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  6. Can mHealth Revolutionize the Way We Manage Adult Obesity?Perspectives in health information managemen · 2017
    Review
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  10. Testosterone and weight loss: the evidence.Current opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity · 2014
    Review
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  13. Management of obesity and cardiometabolic risk - role of phentermine/extended release topiramate.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2014
    Review
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  15. A complications-based clinical staging of obesity to guide treatment modality and intensity.Current opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity · 2013
    Review
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  17. New tools for weight-loss therapy enable a more robust medical model for obesity treatment: rationale for a complications-centric approach.Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Robert R HenryCenter for Metabolic Research, VA San Diego Healthcare System and University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA. Electronic address: rrhenry@vapop.ucsd.edu.
Robert Chilton
W Timothy Garvey
Birmingham VA Medical Center · USUniversity of California, San Diego · US

Funding

University of Alabama at Birmingham's Diabetes Research CenterP30DK079626 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI Kirk Michael Habegger · 2013 to 2026
$19.5M
CSRD VA I01 CX000432NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK079626
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Moderate weight loss (>5%), which has been associated with improvements in glycemic parameters in patients with dysglycemia, also reduces the presence of other comorbidities, including dyslipidemia and hypertension, culminating in a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease. Lifestyle changes are the recommended preliminary approach to weight loss, with an initial weight-loss goal of 10% of body weight achieved over 6 months at a rate of 1-2 pounds per week selected as an appropriate target to decrease the severity of obesity-related risk factors. Implementing and maintaining the lifestyle changes associated with weight loss can, however, be challenging for many patients. Therefore, additional interventions sometimes may be necessary. Bariatric surgery can also be a highly effective option for weight loss and comorbidity reduction, but surgery carries considerable risks and is still applicable only to selected patients with type 2 diabetes. Thus, attention is turning to the use of weight-loss medications, including 2 recently approved compounds: twice-daily lorcaserin and a once-daily combination of phentermine and topiramate extended-release, both shown to be safe and effective therapies in the management of obesity in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Indexed as

Anti-Obesity AgentsBariatric SurgeryDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Drugs, InvestigationalHumansObesityRisk Reduction BehaviorAnti-Obesity AgentsDrugs, InvestigationalCardiovascularObesityPhentermineTopiramate extended-releaseType 2 diabetes

Identifiers

PMID23726071
PMCPMC4139280
OpenAlexW2143394788

What OpenQuestion holds

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LicenceTDM
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Registered trials

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