Clinical Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal
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Secondary efficacy measures included changes from baseline in: fast plasma glucose (FPG), postprandial plasma glucose (PPG), area under the curve, insulin, C-peptide, glucagon, insulin/proinsulin ratio, body measurements, and fasting lipid profiles
Methods Adults ( 18 years old) in a US claims database with a claim indicating initiation of either semaglutide or a DPP4i (index date) during the index period (1 January 201830 September 2020), a diagnosis code for T2D on or before the index date and at least 12 months continuous enrolment in the database pre-index were included and propensity score matched 1:1 on baseline demographic and clinical characteristics
These medications are powerful metabolic agents
It also slows the absorption of mealtime glucose