In adults with type 2 diabetes, pooled GLP-1 receptor agonists (including liraglutide) were linked to lower all-cause mortality in observational cohorts.
In plain wordsIn adults with type 2 diabetes, people on GLP-1 drugs, including liraglutide, were linked to lower death rates in observational studies.
- Peptide
- Liraglutide
- Outcome
- DecreaseAll-cause mortality, pooled HR
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- No exposure or other antidiabetic drugs
- Outcome group
- Mortality · Cardiovascular
Measurements
- Pooled HR
- 0.63 HR
- all-cause mortality
Source sentences
Excluding two studies because of temporal bias, we obtained pooled estimates for all-cause mortality: HR 0.63 (0.44-0.89)
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Sixteen studies included 285,436 T2DM patients exposed to GLP-1 RAs (exenatide bid, liraglutide, lixisenatide, long-acting exenatide), n ranged from 219 to 160,803 patients.
In this study, Liraglutide 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 Liraglutide.