In adults with heart failure, liraglutide significantly reduced NT-proBNP compared with control.
In plain wordsIn adults with heart failure, liraglutide lowered NT-proBNP, a heart strain marker, compared with control.
- Peptide
- Liraglutide
- Outcome
- DecreaseNT-proBNP
- Study
n = 629
- Comparator
- Control group for heart failure
- Outcome group
- Heart function · Cardiovascular
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Measurements
- Standardised mean difference
- −3.06 Std. MD
- NT-proBNP
Source sentences
Overall, compared with the control group for heart failure, liraglutide treatment significantly can reduce NT-proBNP (Std. MD = -3.06; 95% CI = -5.78 to -0.34; P = .03), and improve 6MWT (Std.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
We searched PubMed, EMbase, Web of Science, EBSCO, and Cochrane library databases through March 2018 for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessing the effect of liraglutide on cardiac function of heart failure.