Participants taking tirzepatide lost an average of 15.3% of their body weight after a year, while those on semaglutide lost about 8.3%
Important MeSH terms and keywords used were: glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1), GLP-1 analogue, incretin, dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitor, atherosclerosis, arteriosclerosis, atherogenesis, plaque, intima media thickness (IMT), flow-mediated dilation (FMD), adiponectin, leptin, endothelin, E-selectin, resistin, pentraxin, brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), monocyte chemotactic protein (MCP), vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1), plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-), interleukin-6 (IL-6), high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), triglyceride and cholesterol
is supported, in part, by a Banting and Best Diabetes CentreNovo Nordisk Chair in Incretin Biology, a Sinai HealthNovo Nordisk Foundation Fund in Regulatory Peptides, CIHR grants 154321 and 19204 and Diabetes Canada-Canadian Cancer Society grant (OG-3- 24-5819-DD)
Coverage scope: How widely this plan will be applied for Medicare beneficiaries is still being clarified