In adults with obesity and pre-diabetes, weight loss on liraglutide was greater with each copy of the GLP-1R rs6923761 variant allele, a gene dose effect.
In plain wordsIn adults with obesity and pre-diabetes, people with more copies of the GLP-1 receptor variant lost more weight on liraglutide.
- Peptide
- Liraglutide
- Outcome
- IncreaseWeight loss on liraglutide by rs6923761 allele count
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Outcome group
- Body weight · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Source sentences
We found significantly greater weight loss to liraglutide with each copy of the variant allele present, indicating a gene dose effect.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Here, we performed a pre-specified analysis of a randomized-controlled trial in individuals with obesity and pre-diabetes comparing treatment with the GLP-1R agonist liraglutide, the dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitor sitagliptin or hypocaloric diet, and evaluated the effects of the rs6923761 variant on outcomes.