Observational studyCardiovascular diabetology2019
Effect of SGLT2 inhibitors on body composition, fluid status and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in type 2 diabetes: a prospective study using bioimpedance spectroscopy.
Observational study in Cardiovascular diabetology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It reports registered trial NCT03968224. Cited by 138 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effectiveness of the Treatment With Dapagliflozin and Metformin Compared to Metformin Monotherapy for Weight Loss on Diabetic and Prediabetic Patients With Obesity Class III
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138 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 223 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Effects of SGLT2 Inhibitors on Muscle Health in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Pharmacology research & perspectives · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors on cardiac function and cardiovascular outcome: a systematic review.Cardiovascular ultrasound · 2019Pooled it
- Impact of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors on renal outcomes in patients of diabetes mellitus: A meta-analysis of landmark renal and cardiovascular outcome trials.Indian journal of pharmacologyPooled it
- Impact of canagliflozin on the cardiorenal effects of dietary sodium intake in type 2 diabetes: a post hoc analysis of the CREDENCE trial.Diabetologia · 2026Trial
- Angiotensin pathways under therapy with empagliflozin in patients with chronic heart failure.ESC heart failure · 2023Trial
- Dietitian-supported dietary intervention leads to favorable dietary changes in patients with type 2 diabetes: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of diabetes investigation · 2022Trial
- Effect of empagliflozin versus linagliptin on body composition in Asian patients with type 2 diabetes treated with premixed insulin.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
- Dapagliflozin improves myocardial flow reserve in patients with type 2 diabetes: the DAPAHEART Trial: a preliminary report.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2022Trial
- Reduction of estimated fluid volumes following initiation of empagliflozin in patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease: a secondary analysis of the placebo-controlled, randomized EMBLEM trial.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2021Trial
- Dapagliflozin increases the lean-to total mass ratio in type 2 diabetes mellitus.Nutrition & diabetes · 2021 · on this mapTrial
- Empagliflozin does not change cardiac index nor systemic vascular resistance but rapidly improves left ventricular filling pressure in patients with type 2 diabetes: a randomized controlled study.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2021 · on this mapTrial
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- Effects of once-weekly semaglutide vs once-daily canagliflozin on body composition in type 2 diabetes: a substudy of the SUSTAIN 8 randomised controlled clinical trial.Diabetologia · 2020 · on this mapTrial
- Efficacy of dapagliflozin versus sitagliptin on cardiometabolic risk factors in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes: a prospective, randomized study (DIVERSITY-CVR).Cardiovascular diabetology · 2020Trial
- Improved home BP profile with dapagliflozin is associated with amelioration of albuminuria in Japanese patients with diabetic nephropathy: the Yokohama add-on inhibitory efficacy of dapagliflozin on albuminuria in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes study (Y-AIDA study).Cardiovascular diabetology · 2019Trial
- Metabolic and Lipoprotein Changes in Type 2 Diabetes Patients Treated with Empagliflozin.Biomedicines · 2026Article
- Effects of Oral Semaglutide on Dietary Intake and Body Composition in Japanese People With Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective Observational Study in Clinical Practice.Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism · 2026Observational
- Temporal changes in obstructive sleep apnea severity and body composition parameters during 6-month tofogliflozin administration in patients with heart failure and type 2 diabetes mellitus: a TOPARDS-HF substudy.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2026Article
- The Potential Role of SGLT2 Inhibitors in Cushing's Disease.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2026Review
- Empagliflozin Attenuates Cardiac Dysfunction in Rat Model of Metabolic Syndrome: Evaluating Role of the Cardiac Renin-Angiotensin System.Biomedicines · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundSGLT2-inhibitors are potent antihyperglycemic drugs for patients with type 2 diabetes and have been shown to reduce body weight. However, it is unclear which body compartments are reduced and to what extent.
methodsIn this longitudinal observational study, we analyzed the body composition of 27 outpatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus during the first week and up to 6 months after initiation of treatment with SGLT2-inhibitors (n = 18 empagliflozin, n = 9 dapagliflozin) using bioimpedance spectroscopy (BCM, Fresenius). Fluid status of hypertensive patients taking medication with hydrochlorothiazide (n = 14) and healthy persons (n = 16) were analyzed for comparison.
resultsAt 6 months, HbA1c decreased by 0.8% (IQR 2.3; 0.4), body weight and BMI by 2.6 kg (1.5; 9.3) and 0.9 kg/m
conclusionsBody weight reduction under the treatment with SGLT2-inhibitors is caused by reduction of adipose tissue mass and transient loss of extracellular fluid, which is accompanied by upregulation of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS). Permanent loss of extracellular water does not occur under SGLT2 inhibition.
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