In a general practice cohort of patients with obesity, liraglutide was prescribed in only 7 patients, because of concomitant diabetes.
In plain wordsIn this group of general practice patients with obesity, only 7 patients were prescribed liraglutide, because they also had diabetes.
- Peptide
- Liraglutide
- Outcome
- Not applicableNumber of patients prescribed liraglutide
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Outcome group
- Patterns of use · Whole body
Measurements
- Patients prescribed liraglutide
- 7 patients
- general practice cohort
Source sentences
Liraglutide was prescribed only in 7 patients because of the concomitant presence of diabetes.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
All patients registered in lists of 8 GPs with a recorded diagnosis of obesity or BMI values ≥ 30 kg/m2 in the period 2017-2018, were recruited.
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.