In adults with type 2 diabetes, the risk of composite cardiovascular outcomes did not significantly differ between liraglutide and dulaglutide.
In plain wordsIn adults with type 2 diabetes, liraglutide and dulaglutide had similar risk of heart and stroke events.
- Peptide
- Liraglutide
- Outcome
- No significant changeComposite cardiovascular outcome
- Study
n = 8,278
- Comparator
- Dulaglutide
- Analysis
- Primary
- Outcome group
- Cardiovascular events · Cardiovascular
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Measurements
- Incidence
- 18.4 events per 1000 person-years
- liraglutide
- Incidence
- 18.7 events per 1000 person-years
- dulaglutide
- Hazard ratio
- 0.99
- liraglutide vs dulaglutide
Source sentences
The risk of cardiovascular outcomes did not significantly differ between groups (hazard ratio [HR] 0.99, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.85-1.15).
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
In the adjusted cohort by applying inverse probability of treatment weighting, the incidence of composite cardiovascular outcomes was 18.4 and 18.7 events per 1000 person-years in the liraglutide and dulaglutide groups, respectively.
In this new-user design, comparative and retrospective cohort study, patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with prescription for GLP-1RAs from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2022 (n = 8,278) were included.