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Table 1 The characteristics of included trials

From: Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists and cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis of double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials

Study

Country of publication

Country of patients

Experimental Sample size

Control Sample Size

Age

Duration of diabetes

Intensive Therapy

Control therapy

Follow-up

Adrian F Hernandez 2018 [10]

USA

Western Europe

Eastern and central Europe

North America

Latin America

Asia Pacific

4731

4732

64.2/

64.2

4.1/

4.2

Albiglutide

(30-50mg) once a week

Placebo once a week

1.5 years

Rury R. Holman 2017 [4]

United Kingdom

Europe,

Latin America

Europen subcategories,

Asia-pacific,

Eastern Europe,

Western Europe, North America

7356

7396

<65y

8813

≥65y

5939

12.0

(7.0-18.0)

exenatide at a dose of 2 mg once weekly

Placebo once a week

2.3 years

Steven P2016 [7]

USA

North AmericaEurope Asia

Rest of the world

4668

4672

<60y 2321

≥60y

7019

12.8 years

liraglutide 1.8 mg (or the maximum tolerated dose) once daily

placebo once daily

3.8 years

Steven P. Marso2016 [8]

United Kingdom

230 sites in 20 countries.

1648

1649

64.6±

7.4

13.9±

8.1

semaglutide (0.5mg or

1.0mg) once a week

Placebo once a week

109 weeks

Preffer MA 2015 [3]

Thailand

49 countrirs

3034

3034

60.3

9.3

lixisenatide

placebo

2.1 years

Gerstein HC 2019 [9]

UK

371 sites

24 countries

4949

4952

66.2

10.5/

9.5

dulaglutide 1.5mg

placebo

5.4 years