Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients With and Without Diabetes: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized-Controlled Trials.
Publication/Presentation Date
7-1-2024
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) have shown encouraging results regarding cardiovascular outcomes mainly in patients with diabetes. In the present study, we compared the efficacy of GLP-1 RAs in cardiovascular events between patients with and without diabetes.
METHODS: After finding eligible studies assessing the impact of GLP-1 RAs on cardiovascular events in patients with and without diabetes using a systematic search, we performed a meta-analysis on randomized-controlled trials (RCTs) comparing cardiovascular outcomes between patients taking GLP-1 RAs and placebo stratified by the presence or absence of diabetes. Relative risk (RR) and its 95% confidence interval (CI) were set as the reporting effect size using the random-effects model.
RESULTS: A total of 24 RCTs (50 033 with GLP-1 RAs and 44 514 with placebo) were included. Patients on GLP-1 RAs had lower risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) (RR 0.87, 95% CI 0.82-0.93), cardiovascular death (RR 0.88, 95% CI 0.82-0.94), myocardial infarction (MI) (RR 0.87, 95% CI 0.77-0.97), stroke (RR 0.86, 95% CI 0.80-0.92), and hospitalization for heart failure (RR 0.90, 95% CI 0.83-0.98). Both subgroups were shown to be effective in terms of MACE and mortality. Nondiabetic patients had decreased risk of hospitalization for heart failure and MI, whereas the diabetic subgroup had marginally nonsignificant efficacy.
CONCLUSION: The findings of this meta-analysis indicated that patients who are overweight/obese but do not have diabetes have a comparable reduction in the risk of adverse cardiovascular events as those with diabetes. These results need to be confirmed further by large-scale randomized trials in the future.
Volume
47
Issue
7
First Page
24314
Last Page
24314
ISSN
1932-8737
Published In/Presented At
Hosseinpour, A., Sood, A., Kamalpour, J., Zandi, E., Pakmehr, S., Hosseinpour, H., Sood, A., Agrawal, A., & Gupta, R. (2024). Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients With and Without Diabetes: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized-Controlled Trials. Clinical cardiology, 47(7), e24314. https://doi.org/10.1002/clc.24314
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
38953365
Department(s)
Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine Faculty, Fellows and Residents
Document Type
Article