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ReviewTherapeutic advances in neurological disorders2024

Risk of major adverse cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality under treatment with GLP-1 RAs or the dual GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonist tirzepatide in overweight or obese adults without diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Maria-Ioanna Stefanou, Lina Palaiodimou, Aikaterini Theodorou, Apostolos Safouris, Urs Fischer, Peter J Kelly, Jesse Dawson, Mira Katan, Aristeidis H Katsanos, Vaia Lambadiari and 4 more

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Review in Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Cardiorenal outcomes of weight loss interventions in people with CKD and type 2 diabetes.Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association · 2026
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  12. Obesity update: cardiovascular risk and therapeutic innovations (focus on semaglutide and tirzepatide).European heart journal supplements : journal of the European Society of Cardiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Maria-Ioanna StefanouSecond Department of Neurology, "Attikon" University Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2305-6627
Lina PalaiodimouSecond Department of Neurology, "Attikon" University Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7757-609X
Aikaterini TheodorouSecond Department of Neurology, "Attikon" University Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7229-2610
Apostolos SafourisSecond Department of Neurology, "Attikon" University Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9630-6949
Urs FischerDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Peter J KellyStroke Service, Mater University Hospital and University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Jesse DawsonSchool of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK.
Mira KatanDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Aristeidis H KatsanosDivision of Neurology, McMaster University/Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Vaia LambadiariSecond Department of Internal Medicine, "Attikon" University Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Sotirios GiannopoulosSecond Department of Neurology, "Attikon" University Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7443-5179
Andrei V AlexandrovDepartment of Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8871-1023
Gerasimos SiasosThird Department of Cardiology, Sotiria Thoracic Diseases General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Georgios TsivgoulisSecond Department of Neurology, "Attikon" University Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Rimini 1, Chaidari, Athens 12462, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0640-3797

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Among the currently approved antiobesity medications, the glucagon-like-peptide-1 receptor-agonists (GLP-1 RAs) liraglutide and semaglutide, and the dual glucose-dependent-insulinotropic-polypeptide (GIP)/GLP-1 RA tirzepatide have been suggested to reduce cardiovascular-risk in overweight or obesity without diabetes. Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the cardio- and neuroprotective potential of these novel agents in the nondiabetic overweight/obese adult population. Data sources and methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized-controlled clinical trials (RCTs) was performed to estimate the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in overweight or obese adults without diabetes treated with GLP-1 or GIP/GLP-1 RAs (vs placebo). Secondary outcomes included the risk of myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke. Results: Sixteen RCTs (13 and 3 on GLP-1 RAs and tirzepatide, respectively) comprising 28,168 participants were included. GLP-1 or GIP/GLP-1 RAs reduced MACE (odds ratio (OR): 0.79; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.71-0.89; Conclusion: GLP-1 and GIP/GLP-1 RAs reduce cardiovascular-risk and all-cause mortality in overweight or obese adults without diabetes. Additionally, GLP-1 RAs and GIP/GLP-1 RAs attenuate the risk of MI. Since data on stroke are still limited, future RCTs are warranted to evaluate the neuroprotective potential of these novel antiobesity agents. Trial registration: PROSPERO CRD42024515966.

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GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonistGLP-1MACEstroketirzepatide

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PMCPMC11437580

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