GIP/GLP-1 & amylin agonists × body weight & composition

SynthesisObesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity2025

Efficacy and Safety of Tirzepatide on Weight Loss in Patients Without Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Sharath Kommu et al.PubMed ↗Full text ↗Publisher ↗

  • Tirzepatidelooks good hereLower percentage body weight, lower absolute body weight in kilograms.Weak evidence: one subgroup.

What the trial testedrandomised · 2025

One subgroup

May have lowered percentage body weight in individuals with overweight or obesity, without DM

−16.3percentage points−18.4 to −14.3

tirzepatide vs placebo, in individuals with overweight or obesity, without DM

As reported

difference −16.32 %, 95% CI −18.4 to −14.3 · the paper's word: change in percentage body weight

One subgroup

May have lowered absolute body weight in kilograms in individuals with overweight or obesity, without DM

−13.9kg−18.8 to −9.07

tirzepatide vs placebo, in individuals with overweight or obesity, without DM

As reported

difference −13.95 kg, 95% CI −18.8 to −9.07 · the paper's word: change in absolute body weight in kilograms

Who was studied, and how

people with obesity, in this paper

Among individuals with overweight or obesity, without DM, the trial randomly assignedassigned by chance

tirzepatide
placebo

May have lowered percentage body weight−16.3

May have lowered absolute body weight in kilograms−13.9

randomised · one subgroup

the abstract, start to end

weight with a mean difference (MD) of -16.32% (95% CI: -18.35 to -14.29) and change in absolute body weight in kilograms (MD -13.95 kg; -18.83 to -9.07).

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could be chance
Change in percentage body weighttirzepatide vs placebo, in individuals with overweight or obesity, without DM
−16.32−18.4 to −14.3
Change in absolute body weight in kilogramstirzepatide vs placebo, in individuals with overweight or obesity, without DM
−13.95−18.8 to −9.07
GIP/GLP-1 & amylin agonistsBody weight & composition

GIP/GLP-1 & amylin agonists × body weight & compositionhelps?replicated

unlikelylikely
1.00not counted
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