In newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes, exenatide plus metformin produced mean weight losses of 8.2 kg in women and 4.6 kg in men.
In plain wordsWomen receiving exenatide plus metformin lost more weight than men receiving the same treatment.
- Peptide
- Exenatide (exendin-4)
- Outcome
- DecreaseWeight loss
- Study
n = 105
- Comparator
- Male patients
- Outcome group
- Body weight · Metabolic and weight
Measurements
- Weight loss
- 8.2 kg
- female patients
- Weight loss
- 4.6 kg
- male patients
Source sentences
There was an average of 8.2 ± 2.4 kg and 4.6 ± 2.3 kg weight loss in female and male patients, respectively.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
One hundred and five overweight and obesity patients with newly diagnosed T2DM (n=54 female in a female group and n=51 males in a male group) received the therapy: 5 μg Exenatide+0.5 g MET twice daily for 4 weeks, then 10 μg Exenatide+0.5 g MET twice daily for 24 weeks.
In this study, Exenatide (exendin-4) was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. This result is not evidence about taking Exenatide (exendin-4).