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ReviewDiabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy2019

Clinical potential of liraglutide in cardiovascular risk reduction in patients with type 2 diabetes: evidence to date.

Rebecca Howell, Adrienne M Wright, Jennifer N Clements

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Review in Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Rebecca HowellPresbyterian College School of Pharmacy, Clinton, SC 29325, USA.
Adrienne M WrightPresbyterian College School of Pharmacy, Clinton, SC 29325, USA.
Jennifer N ClementsDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy, Clinton, SC 29325, USA, jclements@presby.edu.
Presbyterian College · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metformin is the first-line therapy for the management of type 2 diabetes. After 3 months of metformin, add-on therapy can be considered if an individual's glycemic control has not been achieved for hemoglobin A1c, fasting blood glucose levels, and postprandial blood glucose levels. Liraglutide is a potential second-line option for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus, particularly for those who are or may be at a high risk of cardiovascular disease. It can also be used an add-on therapy for those individuals with established cardiovascular disease. Liraglutide has additional benefits, such as no to minimal risk of hypoglycemia and promotion of weight loss through its mechanism of action. This particular article summarizes evidence on cardiovascular biomarkers and surrogate endpoints, along with macrovascular events, with liraglutide therapy. Overall, liraglutide has extensive cardiovascular evidence based on which it could be used as a desirable agent for glycemic control while lowering the risk of cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke, and hospitalization from heart failure.

Indexed as

cardiovascularglucagon-like peptide-1glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonistliraglutide

Identifiers

PMID31118715
PMCPMC6475096
OpenAlexW2940195121

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