In patients with type 2 diabetes and NAFLD, liraglutide 1.8 mg/day decreased CAP (liver fat) by 5.5% from baseline at 24 weeks.
In plain wordsIn people with type 2 diabetes and fatty liver, liraglutide lowered a measure of liver fat after 24 weeks.
- Peptide
- Liraglutide
- Outcome
- DecreaseControlled attenuation parameter (CAP) change at 24 weeks
- Study
n = 30
- Comparator
- Baseline
- Outcome group
- Liver fat and liver function · Liver
- Studied dose
- 1.8 mg/day · 24 weeksAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- CAP decrease
- 5.5%
- Lira group
Source sentences
At 24 weeks after intervention, compared with those at baseline, CAP was significantly decreased in both the 5:2 diet group and Lira group, which was 7.4% and 5.5%, respectively.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Sixty-one T2DM patients with NAFLD were enrolled and randomly divided into a 5:2 fasting diet intervention group (5:2 diet group, n = 31) and 1.8 mg/day liraglutide intervention group (Lira group, n = 30).