In patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity, mean HbA1c at 2 years was higher after semaglutide (50.7) than after metabolic and bariatric surgery (42.3).
In plain wordsIn patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity, blood sugar control at 2 years was less good after semaglutide than after weight-loss surgery.
- Peptide
- Semaglutide
- Outcome
- IncreaseMean HbA1c at 2 years
- Study
n = 1,603
- Comparator
- Metabolic and bariatric surgery
- Outcome group
- Glycemic control · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · at least 2 yearsAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Mean HbA1c
- 50.7
- semaglutide
- Mean HbA1c
- 42.3
- surgery
Source sentences
At 2 years after the intervention, mean glycated haemoglobin was 42.3 ± 11.18 after MBS compared with 50.7 ± 12.48 after semaglutide treatment (p < 0.001)
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Patients treated with either semaglutide for a duration of ≥2 years or MBS in Sweden were identified within the Scandinavian Obesity Surgery Registry and the National Diabetes Registry
The study included 606 patients in the surgical group matched to 997 controls who started their treatment from 2018 until 2020.