For inclusion, patients required at least one HbA1c or weight measurement in the 90 days before the index date (baseline measurement) and a corresponding measurement at 180 days and/or 365 days after the index date (follow-up measurement
A 2023 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that only 10% of people with a BMI over 25 manage to lose just 5% of their body weight
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I don't see [GLP-1 agonists] as being any different than other medicine that we use to treat chronic conditions like atherosclerotic heart disease. While the data are not clear about the maintenance of CV benefits in those going off GLP-1 agents, data from mixed diet and lifestyle intervention studies, for example, do suggest that the cardiometabolic benefits of the lost weight may persist out to 5 years, even if some is regained