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ArticleCureus2021

Safety and Efficacy of Long-Acting Insulins Degludec and Glargine Among Asian Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Meta-Analysis.

Ravi Kant, Poonam Yadav, Mohit Garg, Yogesh Bahurupi, Barun Kumar

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ravi KantGeneral Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, IND.
Poonam YadavCollege of Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, IND.
Mohit GargGeneral Medicine, Government Medical College, Khandawa, IND.
Yogesh BahurupiCommunity and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, IND.
Barun KumarCardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, IND.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences RishikeshGovernment Medical College · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background Global variation in susceptibility to diabetes, insulin sensitivity, and regimen intensity poses a challenge for clinicians regarding the optimal choice of insulin therapy. The current study was carried out to see the relative safety and efficacy of currently available long-acting insulins among the type 2 diabetic Asian population. Methods A systematic literature search was done using various search engines (PubMed, Cochrane, Google Scholar, Scopus, and Embase) and included published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in English before December 2019. Further, a manual search was performed by screening the reference list of the identified articles. Results We included four RCTs with 534 participants (349 in the insulin degludec group and 185 in the insulin glargine group) with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Results show that both insulin glargine and degludec are equally efficacious in reducing fasting blood glucose (mean difference is -4.45, confidence interval -13.32- 4.43, I

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glycemic controlhypoglycemiainsulin degludecinsulin glarginelong-acting insulintype 2 diabetes

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