In overweight adults with type 1 diabetes, liraglutide added to insulin increased 24-hour heart rate by 4.6 beats per minute versus placebo after 24 weeks.
In plain wordsIn overweight adults with type 1 diabetes, liraglutide raised the 24-hour heart rate by 4.6 beats per minute compared with placebo.
- Peptide
- Liraglutide
- Outcome
- Increase24-hour heart rate
- Study
n = 100
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Heart function · Cardiovascular
- Studied dose
- 1.8 mg once daily · 24 weeksAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- 24-hour heart rate difference
- 4.6 BPM
- liraglutide vs placebo
Source sentences
Compared with placebo, liraglutide increased 24-hour heart rate by 4.6 beats per minute (BPM); P = .0015
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
In total, 100 overweight (BMI ≥25 kg/m2 ) adult patients (age ≥18 years) with type 1 diabetes and HbA1c ≥ 8% (64 mmol/mol) were randomized to liraglutide 1.8 mg or placebo added to insulin treatment in a 24-week double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial.