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ReviewCureus2022

Comparison of Cardiovascular Outcomes Between Dapagliflozin and Empagliflozin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Meta-Analysis.

Rahat A Memon, Hanieh Akbariromani, Rimsha R Vohra, Hayan Kundi, Rao Faraz Saleem, Muhammad Abuzar Ghaffari, Donald Haas, Areeba Khan

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Review in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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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

8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Rahat A MemonInternal Medicine, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, USA.
Hanieh AkbariromaniMedical School, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, IRN.
Rimsha R VohraInternal Medicine, Dow Medical College, Karachi, PAK.
Hayan KundiMedical School, Fazaia Medical College, Karachi, PAK.
Rao Faraz SaleemInternal Medicine, Akhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College, Lahore, PAK.
Muhammad Abuzar GhaffariAnatomy, Akhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College, Lahore, PAK.
Donald HaasCardiovascular Medicine, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, USA.
Areeba KhanCritical Care Medicine, United Medical and Dental College, Karachi, PAK.
Abington Memorial Hospital · USIslamic Azad University Medical Branch of Tehran · IRDow University of Health Sciences · PKFarooq Hospital · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are oral diabetes medications that enhance the excretion of glucose by preventing the renal proximal tubules from reabsorbing glucose, which lowers glucose levels in plasma. Currently, studies have shown that SGLT2 inhibitors have beneficial impacts on cardiovascular outcomes, but their effect varies between the individual SGLT2 inhibitors. Thus, the current meta-analysis was conducted to compare the efficacy of dapagliflozin and empagliflozin in preventing cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes. The current meta-analysis was conducted using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) reporting guidelines. A search of studies comparing cardiovascular events between dapagliflozin and empagliflozin in patients with type 2 diabetes published up to 1 July 2022 was done by two reviewers independently on PubMed, Embase and Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHIL). The pre-specified primary endpoints were cardiovascular death, stroke, myocardial infarction and heart failure. Overall four studies were included in this meta-analysis. No significant difference was found in the incidence of myocardial infarction (risk ratio (RR)=0.81, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.60-1.09), heart failure (RR=0.76, 95% CI: 0.56-1.04), cardiovascular mortality (RR=0.46, 95% CI: 0.18-1.20) and stroke (RR=1.07, 95% CI: 0.84-1.38) between dapagliflozin and empagliflozin. Results have shown that the risk of developing stroke, heart failure, myocardial infarction and cardiovascular death were not significantly different in the two groups.

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cardiovascular outcomescomparisondapaglifozinempaglifozintype 2 diabetes

Identifiers

PMID36039257
PMCPMC9404679
OpenAlexW4288010038

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