In adults with type 2 diabetes treated with liraglutide, a higher number of anti-diabetic agents was significantly associated with poor HbA1c response in multivariate analysis.
In plain wordsIn adults with type 2 diabetes on liraglutide, taking more diabetes drugs was linked to a poorer HbA1c response.
- Peptide
- Liraglutide
- Outcome
- Not applicableNumber of anti-diabetic agents and poor response to liraglutide
- Study
n = 69
- Outcome group
- Glycemic control · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · longer than three monthsAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- P value
- 0.02
- number of anti-diabetic agents
Source sentences
Our analysis of the pretreatment clinical parameters revealed that number of anti-diabetic agents and use of sulfonylurea were significantly associated with poor response to liraglutide (P=0.02 and P=0.03, respectively) in a multivariate analysis.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
We enrolled 106 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), treated with liraglutide (N.=69) or exenatide (N.=37) for longer than three months.
Good responders were those whose HbA1c level had decreased by 1% or more, or maintained at less than 7%.