In type 2 diabetes, exenatide treatment was linked to no significant difference in follow-up eGFR versus glargine.
In plain wordsExenatide treatment was linked to similar kidney filtration compared with glargine after one year.
- Peptide
- Exenatide (exendin-4)
- Outcome
- No significant changeFollow-up eGFR
- Study
n = 5,366
- Comparator
- Insulin glargine
- Outcome group
- Kidney function · Kidney and urinary
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · 1 yearAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- eGFR
- 78 mL/min/1.73 m(2)
- exenatide BID
- eGFR
- 80 mL/min/1.73 m(2)
- insulin glargine
Source sentences
At 1-year follow-up, there was no significant difference in mean eGFR between the groups (78 mL/min/1.73 m(2) for exenatide BID vs 80 mL/min/1.73 m(2) for insulin glargine; P = .39).
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Retrospective analyses were performed using an electronic medical record database.
The 2 groups were 1:1 propensity score matched on baseline variables yielding 2683 pairs.