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ArticleDiabetes, obesity & metabolism2022

The importance of addressing multiple risk markers in type 2 diabetes: Results from the LEADER and SUSTAIN 6 trials.

Emilie H Zobel, Bernt Johan von Scholten, Tine W Hansen, Frederik Persson, Søren Rasmussen, Benjamin Wolthers, Peter Rossing

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Article in Diabetes, obesity & metabolism, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Emilie H ZobelSteno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-3318-7070
Bernt Johan von ScholtenSteno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark.
Tine W HansenSteno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-2274-0352
Frederik PerssonSteno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-6242-6638
Søren RasmussenNovo Nordisk A/S, Søborg, Denmark.
Benjamin WolthersNovo Nordisk A/S, Søborg, Denmark.
Peter RossingSteno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark.
Steno Diabetes Centers · DKNovo Nordisk (Denmark) · DKUniversity of Copenhagen · DK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsTo investigate to what extent multiple risk marker improvements confer lower risk of cardiovascular and kidney complications in a contemporary type 2 diabetes population. MATERIALS AND

methodsPost-hoc analysis of the LEADER (n = 8638; median follow-up 3.8 years) and SUSTAIN 6 (n = 3040; median follow-up 2.1 years) cardiovascular outcome trials. Participants were those with baseline and year-1 assessment of at least one of the parameters of interest; we pooled the liraglutide-/semaglutide- and placebo-treated groups and categorized them by number of risk markers with clinically relevant improvements after 1 year of study participation. We investigated risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), expanded MACE, cardiovascular death and nephropathy. Predefined clinically relevant changes: body weight loss ≥5%; reductions in: glycated haemoglobin ≥1%, systolic blood pressure ≥5 mmHg and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ≥0.5 mmol/L; estimated glomerular filtration rate change ≥0 ml/min/1.73 m

resultsParticipants with two, three, or four or more improved risk markers versus participants with no risk marker improvement had reduced risk of expanded MACE [hazard ratio (95% confidence interval) 0.80 (0.67-0.96); 0.80 (0.66-0.97); 0.82 (0.66-1.02)], cardiovascular death [0.66 (0.45-0.96), 0.67 (0.45-0.99), 0.60 (0.38-0.94)] and nephropathy [0.71 (0.52-0.97), 0.48 (0.34-0.68), 0.43 (0.29-0.65)].

conclusionsIn persons with type 2 diabetes, improvements in ≥2 risk markers conferred cardiovascular risk reduction versus none or one improved risk marker. The nephropathy risk decreased with improvement in more risk markers. These findings stress the importance of multifactorial interventions targeting all risk markers.

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Cardiovascular DiseasesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Kidney DiseasesGlomerular Filtration RateHumansHypoglycemic AgentsLiraglutideHypoglycemic AgentsLiraglutidecardiovascular diseasediabetic nephropathytype 2 diabetes

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PMCPMC9297860
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