In Chinese overweight and obese adults with type 2 diabetes, 24 weeks of add-on liraglutide significantly reduced mean body weight.
In plain wordsIn Chinese adults with overweight or obesity and type 2 diabetes, body weight fell after 24 weeks of added liraglutide.
- Peptide
- Liraglutide
- Outcome
- DecreaseMean body weight
- Study
n = 328
- Outcome group
- Body weight · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · subcutaneous · 24 weeksAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Mean body weight
- 86.61 to 79.1 kg
- before vs after liraglutide
Source sentences
Liraglutide treatment caused significant reduction of the mean body weight (from 86.61±14.09 to 79.10±13.55 kg)
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
A total of 328 Chinese overweight and obese type 2 diabetic patients were included in this multi-center, open-labeled and self-controlled clinical study.
The patients were subcutaneously injected with liraglutide once daily for 24 weeks as add-on therapy to their previous hypoglycemic treatments.