In propensity-matched adults with HFpEF and type 2 diabetes, oral semaglutide was associated with a lower 1-year risk of all-cause death than sitagliptin.
In plain wordsIn adults with heart failure and type 2 diabetes, oral semaglutide was linked to fewer deaths over 1 year than sitagliptin.
- Peptide
- Semaglutide
- Outcome
- DecreaseAll-cause death at 1 year
- Study
n = 6,904
- Comparator
- Sitagliptin
- Analysis
- Primary
- Outcome group
- Mortality · Cardiovascular
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · oralAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- All-cause death
- 4.3%
- oral semaglutide
- All-cause death
- 7%
- sitagliptin
- hazard ratio
- 0.61 ratio
- all-cause death
Source sentences
Over 1 year, the risk for all-cause death in patients who received oral semaglutide relative to those who received sitagliptin was significantly lower (4.3% [145/3452] vs. 7.0% [229/3452]; log-rank p < 0.001; hazard ratio [HR], 0.61; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.50 to 0.75).
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
After propensity score matching, each group included 3452 patients.