In South Asian adults with type 2 diabetes, liraglutide did not change the left ventricular early deceleration peak compared with placebo.
In plain wordsIn South Asian adults with type 2 diabetes, liraglutide did not change heart filling speed compared with placebo.
- Peptide
- Liraglutide
- Outcome
- No significant changeEarly deceleration peak (Edec)
- Study
n = 47
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Analysis
- Primary
- Outcome group
- Heart function · Cardiovascular
- Studied dose
- 1.8 mg/day · 26 weeksAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
Liraglutide (n = 22) compared with placebo (n = 25) did not change Edec (+0.2 mL/s2 × 10-3 (-0.3;0.6)), E/A (-0.09 (-0.23;0.05)), E/Ea (+0.1 (-1.2;1.3)) and ejection fraction (0% (-3;2)), but decreased stroke volume (-9 mL (-14;-5)) and increased heart rate (+10 bpm (4;15)).
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Primary endpoints were changes in LV diastolic function (early deceleration peak [Edec], ratio of early and late peak filling rate [E/A], estimated LV filling pressure [E/Ea]) and LV systolic function (ejection fraction).
Forty-seven type 2 diabetes patients of South Asian ancestry living in the Netherlands, with or without ischemic heart disease, who were randomly assigned to 26-week treatment with liraglutide (1.8 mg/day) or placebo.