In pediatric pooled GLP-1RA claims, 16.88% received a nutritional deficiency or related complication diagnosis within one year.
In plain wordsClaims records showed a nutritional deficiency or related complication diagnosis in 16.88% of pediatric pooled GLP-1RA users within one year.
- Peptide
- Dulaglutide (Trulicity)
- Outcome
- Not applicableAny nutritional deficiency or complication
- Study
Homo sapiensn = 2,031
Inovalon administrative claims for GLP-1RA users aged 10-17 years, 2017-2022- Outcome group
- Nutritional deficiencies · Whole body
Measurements
- Diagnosis proportion
- 16.88%
- within 1 year, pooled GLP-1RA users
Source sentences
Within 1 year, 16.88% of patients were diagnosed with at least one nutritional deficiency or deficiency-related complication, most frequently vitamin D deficiency (12.4%), followed by nutritional anemia (1.55%), and iron-deficiency anemia (1.44%).
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
We analyzed Inovalon administrative claims data from 2017 to 2022 covering over 100 million patients to identify 2,031 GLP-1RA users aged 10-17 years who met continuous enrollment criteria and had no prior diagnosis of nutritional deficiency.
Nutritional deficiencies were identified using the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition codes for up to 1 year following GLP-1RA initiation.
Liraglutide (78.6%), dulaglutide (10.4%), and semaglutide (9.1%) were the most prescribed GLP-1RA drugs.
In this study, Dulaglutide (Trulicity) was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. This result is not evidence about taking Dulaglutide (Trulicity).