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ReviewDiabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy2021

Cardiovascular Safety and Superiority of Anti-Obesity Medications.

Muath Alobaida, Abdullah Alrumayh, Ayodipupo S Oguntade, Faez Al-Amodi, Mwango Bwalya

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Review in Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Muath Alobaida *Department of Basic Sciences, Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz College for Emergency Medical Services, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-1257-1428
Abdullah Alrumayh *Department of Basic Sciences, Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz College for Emergency Medical Services, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Ayodipupo S OguntadeNuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Faez Al-AmodiInstitute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, UK.
Mwango BwalyaInstitute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, UK.
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences · SAUniversity College London · GBUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past few decades, several anti-obesity medications have demonstrated an association with adverse cardiovascular outcomes, leading to their market withdrawal. This has caused researchers to investigate the cardiovascular safety of such medications in cardiovascular outcome trials. However, the data from these trials are limited, and their outcomes are not promising. Therefore, the aim of this review is to provide an overview of the current and past Food and Drug Administration-approved medications for weight loss, including novel diabetes medications (glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists and sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors) and non-diabetes medications, and to highlight the current designs of cardiovascular outcome trials and their importance in the evaluation of the overall safety concerns associated with these anti-obesity medications. The limitations of the trials and opportunities for improvement were also evaluated. Finally, we also briefly describe cardiovascular safety and risks in this review.

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anti-obesity medicationcardiovascular diseasescardiovascular outcome trialsobesityobesity therapytype 2 diabetes mellitus

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PMID34285527
PMCPMC8286099
OpenAlexW3179805820

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