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ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2019

Cardiovascular Risks and Benefits of Medications Used for Weight Loss.

Carolyn T Bramante, Sarah Raatz, Eric M Bomberg, Megan M Oberle, Justin R Ryder

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Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Evaluation of Pharmacologic Interventions for Weight Management in a Veteran Population.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Carolyn T BramanteCenter for Pediatric Obesity Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
Sarah RaatzCenter for Pediatric Obesity Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
Eric M BombergCenter for Pediatric Obesity Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
Megan M OberleCenter for Pediatric Obesity Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
Justin R RyderCenter for Pediatric Obesity Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
University of Minnesota Medical Center · US

Funding

NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR002492NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002494
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is a complex disease influenced by many neurohormonal pathways which regulate body weight toward homeostasis. Presently, the disease of obesity effects over a billion individuals worldwide with scalable treatment options in dire need. Pharmacologic interventions for obesity have been developed to help promote weight loss in individuals with obesity. This area is rapidly developing and will only exponentially increase to serve the demand for persons with obesity seeking biologically orientated solutions to treat their disease. Therefore, understanding the cardiovascular risks and benefits of these weight loss medications is of particularly importance due to obesities strong association with cardiovascular (CV) disease risk. Moreover, past experiences with pharmacotherapy agents with weight loss properties have demonstrated an association with adverse CV outcomes, leading to market removal, in most cases and concerns over using similar medications. To better understand the CV risks and benefits pharmacotherapy agents used for weight loss, this review will discuss medications which are FDA-approved for weight loss, as well as medications commonly used off-label for this indication. The goal is to provide an overview of the risks and benefits many of these medications can offer to help guide clinical decision making and patient education.

Indexed as

anti-obesity agentsblood pressurecardiovascular diseasesdiabetes mellitus type 2obesityobesity therapypediatric obesity

Identifiers

PMID32010059
PMCPMC6974445
OpenAlexW2999739983

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