In adults with type 1 diabetes, exenatide reduced total fat mass versus placebo.
In plain wordsIn adults with type 1 diabetes, exenatide reduced total fat mass more than placebo.
- Peptide
- Exenatide (exendin-4)
- Outcome
- DecreaseTotal fat mass
- Study
n = 108
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Analysis
- Secondary
- Outcome group
- Body composition · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- 10 μg three times daily · subcutaneous · 26 weeksAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Total fat mass difference
- −2.6 kg
- versus placebo
Source sentences
Exenatide changed total fat mass by -2.6 kg (95% confidence interval [CI] -3.6; -1.6; P < 0.0001) and lean body mass by -1.1 kg (95% CI -1.9; -0.4; P = 0.01) compared with placebo, as assessed by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
108 individuals with type 1 diabetes aged ≥18 years on multiple daily injection therapy
Reported markers of cardiovascular risk were secondary endpoints and were analyzed in a baseline-adjusted linear mixed model in the intention-to-treat population.