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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of studies and participants included

From: Association of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists with cardiac arrhythmias in patients with type 2 diabetes or obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Trials, year

Drug

Size

Age (years)

BMI (kg/m2)

HbA1c,%

Follow-up duration

Outcomes of interest

HARMONY 1, 2014

Albiglutide

301

55.0

34.1

8.1

52 weeks

AF

HARMONY 3, 2014

Albiglutide

1012

54.5

32.7

8.1

104 weeks

SCD

HARMONY 4, 2014

Albiglutide

745

55.5

33.1

8.3

52 weeks

AF/AFL/VAs

HARMONY 8, 2014

Albiglutide

495

63.3

30.4

8.2

52 weeks

AF/AFL/VAs

Rosenstock et al., 2014

Albiglutide

566

55.6

NA

8.5

26 weeks

AF/VAs

HARMONY 5, 2015

Albiglutide

663

55.2

32.2

8.2

52 weeks

AF

HARMONY 2, 2016

Albiglutide

301

52.9

33.9

8.2

52 weeks

AF

Harmony Outcomes, 2018

Albiglutide

9432

64.1

32.3

8.7

78 weeks

AF/AFL/VAs/SCD

Rosenstock et al., 2020

Albiglutide

813

58.1

32.1

7.7

26 weeks

AF/AFL

Ferdinand et al., 2014

Dulaglutide

755

56.5

33.0

7.9

26 weeks

VAs

AWARD-3, 2014

Dulaglutide

807

55.6

33.3

7.6

52 weeks

AF

AWARD-5, 2014

Dulaglutide

1098

54.0

31.3

8.1

52 weeks

AF/SCD

AWARD-2, 2015

Dulaglutide

807

56.6

31.6

8.1

78 weeks

VAs

AWARD-4, 2015

Dulaglutide

884

59.4

32.5

8.5

52 weeks

AF/AFL/VAs

AWARD-9, 2017

Dulaglutide

300

60.4

32.8

8.4

28 weeks

AF

AWARD-7, 2018

Dulaglutide

576

64.6

32.5

8.6

52 weeks

AF/SCD

AWARD-10, 2018

Dulaglutide

423

57.3

32.9

8.0

24 weeks

AF

Chen et al., 2018

Dulaglutide

735

52.8

25.9

8.0

26 weeks

VAs

REWIND, 2019

Dulaglutide

9892

66.2

32.3

7.3

282 weeks

AF/AFL/VAs/SCD

Heine et al., 2005

Exenatide

549

58.9

31.4

8.2

26 weeks

AF

Nauck et al., 2007

Exenatide

501

58.7

30.6

8.6

52 weeks

AF/AFL

NCT00701935, 2008

Exenatide

80

58.1

NA

NA

26 weeks

AF

EUREXA, 2012

Exenatide

1019

56.4

32.6

7.5

208 weeks

AF/AFL

DURATION-3, 2010

Exenatide

456

57.9

32.0

8.3

26 weeks

SCD

Inagaki et al., 2012

Exenatide

427

56.8

26.2

8.5

26 weeks

AF

Davies et al., 2013

Exenatide

216

58.5

33.7

8.4

26 weeks

VAs

LEAD-2, 2009

Liraglutide

1087

56.7

31.0

8.4

26 weeks

AF/AFL/VAs/SCD

LEAD-3 Mono, 2009

Liraglutide

746

53.0

33.1

8.3

104 weeks

AF

Pratley et al., 2010

Liraglutide

658

55.3

32.8

8.4

26 weeks

SCD

Charbonnel et al., 2012

Liraglutide

650

57.3

32.7

8.2

26 weeks

AF

MDI-Liraglutide, 2015

Liraglutide

124

63.7

33.7

9.0

24 weeks

AF

SCALE Obesity and Prediabetes, 2015

Liraglutide

3723

45.1

38.3

5.6

56 weeks

AF/AFL/VAs/SCD

Vanderheiden et al., 2016

Liraglutide

71

54.2

41.2

NA

26 weeks

AF

LEADER, 2016

Liraglutide

9340

64.3

32.5

8.7

198 weeks

AF/AFL/VAs/SCD

Zang et al., 2016

Liraglutide

367

51.5

27.2

8.1

26 weeks

AF

SCALE Insulin, 2020

Liraglutide

392

56.8

35.9

8.0

56 weeks

AF/AFL

GETGOAL-M, 2013

Lixisenatide

680

54.7

33.0

8.1

24 weeks

AF/VAs

GETGOAL-L, 2013

Lixisenatide

495

57.2

32.1

8.4

24 weeks

AF/AFL

GETGOAL-F1, 2014

Lixisenatide

482

56.1

32.5

8.0

24 weeks

AF

ELIXA, 2015

Lixisenatide

6063

60.3

30.2

7.7

107 weeks

AF/AFL/VAs/SCD

GetGoal-Duo-2, 2016

Lixisenatide

893

59.8

32.2

7.8

26 weeks

AF

PIONEER 2, 2019

Oral semaglutide

819

58.0

32.8

8.1

52 weeks

AF/VAs

PIONEER 3, 2019

Oral semaglutide

1861

58.0

32.5

8.3

78 weeks

AF/AFL/SCD

PIONEER 5, 2019

Oral semaglutide

324

70.0

32.4

8.0

26 weeks

AF

PIONEER 6, 2019

Oral semaglutide

3182

66.0

32.3

8.2

68 weeks

AF/AFL/VAs/SCD

PIONEER 8, 2019

Oral semaglutide

730

61.0

31.0

8.2

52 weeks

AFL/VAs

SUSTAIN 6, 2016

Sc semaglutide

3297

64.6

32.8

8.7

104 weeks

AF/AFL/VAs/SCD

SUSTAIN 2, 2017

Sc semaglutide

1225

55.1

32.5

8.1

56 weeks

AF

SUSTAIN 4, 2017

Sc semaglutide

1082

56.5

33.0

8.2

30 weeks

AF

Kaku et al., 2018

Sc semaglutide

600

58.5

26.4

8.1

56 weeks

AF

SUSTAIN China, 2021

Sc semaglutide

867

53.1

28.0

8.1

30 weeks

AF/VAs

STEP 1, 2021

Sc semaglutide

1961

46.0

37.8

5.7

68 weeks

AF

STEP 2, 2021

Sc semaglutide

1207

55.0

35.7

8.1

68 weeks

AF

STEP 4, 2021

Sc semaglutide

803

46.0

34.1

5.4

68 weeks

AF

STEP 6, 2022

Sc semaglutide

400

51.0

31.9

6.

68 weeks

AF

SUSTAIN 11, 2022

Sc semaglutide

1738

61.2

31.5

8.6

52 weeks

AF/AFL/SCD

  1. AF atrial fibrillation, AFL atrial flutter, BMI body mass index, GLP-1 RAs glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists, NA not available, Sc subcutaneous injection, SCD sudden cardiac death, VAs ventricular arrhythmias