Table 1 Baseline characteristics of include studies.

From: Efficacy and safety of GLP-1 agonists in the treatment of T2DM: A systematic review and network meta-analysis

Study

Year

Country

Background therapy

Study duration

Intervention and GLP-1 RAs doses (Arm1/2/3)

T2DM duration (years)

N

Male

Age (years)

FPG (mmol/L)

HbA1-c (%)

BMI

Ahmann

2018

UK

OADs

56w

Sem 1 mg/EQW 2 mg

9.2

809

447

56.6

——

8.3

33.8

Araki

2015

Japan

Sul/BG

26w

Dul 0.75 mg/Ins

8.9

361

258

56.8

8.7

8.1

26.0

Aroda

2019

USA

Diet

26w

Sem 14 mg/Pla

3.4

353

175

54.0

8.9

7.9

31.9

Bergenstal

2010

USA

Met

26w

EQW 2 mg/Sit

5.7

491

254

52.3

9.1

8.5

32.0

Buse

2004

USA

Sul

30w

EBID 5ug/EBID 10ug/Pla

6.2

377

225

55.3

10.2

8.6

33.3

Buse

2013

USA

OADs ± Diet

26w

EQW 2 mg/Lir 1.8 mg

8.5

911

499

57.0

9.7

8.5

32.3

Chen

2018

China

OADs

26w

Dul 1.5 mg/Dul 0.75 mg/Glim

3.8

720

391

52.9

——

8.0

25.9

Dungan

2014

USA

Met

30w

Dul 1.5 mg/Lir 1.8 mg

7.2

599

287

56.7

9.3

8.1

33.6

Dungan

2016

USA

Glim

24w

Dul 1.5 mg/Pla

7.6

299

132

57.8

9.9

8.4

31.2

Frías

2016

USA

Met

28w

EQW 2 mg/Dap

7.2

457

226

54.5

10.9

9.3

32.5

Furusawa

2024

Japan

DPP-4 is

24w

Sem 14 mg/DDP-4i

——

157

98

62.9

——

7.6

26.2

Garber

2009

USA

OADs ± Diet

52w

Lir 1.2 mg/Lir 1.8 mg/Glim

5.3

746

371

53.1

9.4

8.3

33.1

Giorgino

2015

Italy

Met + Gli

52w

Dul 1.5 mg/Dul 0.75 mg/Ins

9.0

807

414

56.7

9.1

8.2

31.7

Heise

2022

Germany

Met + lifestyle

28w

Tir 15 mg/Sem 1 mg/Pla

10.4

117

86

61.9

7.3

7.8

31.4

Inagaki

2022

Japan

OADs

52w

Tir 15 mg/Dul 0.75 mg

5.1

319

249

56.7

8.9

8.2

28.0

Joubert

2021

Ftance

Ins

26w

EBID 10ug/Pla

18.9

46

20

59.8

——

8.8

35.3

Kadowaki

2011

Japan

Sul/BG

24w

EBID 5ug/EBID 10ug/Pla

12.0

179

122

58.5

9.1

8.3

25.5

Kaku

2011

Japan

OADs

52w

Lir 0.9 mg/Glib

8.2

400

269

58.3

——

9.3

24.8

Kimura

2023

Japan

GLP-1RAs

24w

Dul 0.75 mg/Sem 1 mg

13.9

107

59

62.7

——

8.0

29.3

Kondo

2024

Japan

Met

24w

Dul 0.75 mg/Tre

10.2

48

25

65.6

7.0

6.9

25.4

Li

2014

China

OADs

24w

Lir 1.2 mg/Sax/Vil

5.5

178

109

47.1

8.9

8.5

26.3

Li

2019

China

Sul ± Met

52w

Dul 1.5 mg/Dul 0.75 mg/Ins

7.9

591

360

54.5

9.7

8.4

26.0

Lingvay

2019

USA

Met

52w

Sem 1 mg/Can

7.4

788

424

56.6

9.4

8.3

32.4

Ludvik

2018

Austria

Met ± Diet

26w

Dul 1.5 mg/Dul 0.75 mg/Pla

9.4

423

212

57.3

8.8

8.0

32.7

Moretto

2008

USA

Diet

24w

EBID 5ug/EBID 10ug/Pla

1.7

232

169

54.0

8.9

7.8

31.3

Nakaguchi

2020

Japan

Ins

24w

Lir 0.9 mg/Emp

18.9

61

42

66.7

9.1

8.1

26.1

Nauck

2016

Germany

Met

26w

Lir 1.8 mg/Lix 20ug

6.4

404

120

56.2

10.4

8.4

34.7

Nauck

2016

Germany

Diet

52w

Alb 50 mg/Alb 30 mg/Pla

4.0

301

166

53.0

——

8.1

33.5

Onishi

2015

Japan

Sul ± Met

24w

Lix 20ug/Pla

12.2

127

83

59.3

9.2

8.5

25.4

Otowa

2018

Japan

Sit

12w

Lix 20ug/Vil

16.4

38

22

63.1

7.2

7.8

25.5

Patorno

2015

Japan

Ins ± Sul

24w

Lix 20ug/Pla

12.4

159

105

58.0

8.0

8.5

25.0

Pinget

2013

France

Pio ± Met

24w

Lix 20ug/Pla

8.1

484

104

55.8

9.1

8.1

33.9

Pratley

2019

USA

Met ± SGLT2 is

52w

Sem 14 mg/Lir 1.8 mg/Pla

7.6

711

370

56.2

9.3

8.0

32.9

Pratley

2018

USA

Met

40w

Sem 1 mg/Dul 1.5 mg

7.4

599

333

55.5

9.7

8.2

33.4

Pratley

2010

USA

Met

26w

Lir 1.8 mg/Sit

6.4

440

236

55.0

9.9

8.4

32.9

Pratley

2014

USA

OADs

32w

Alb 50 mg/Lir 1.8 mg

8.3

812

409

55.6

——

8.2

32.8

Reusch

2014

USA

Pio ± Met

52w

Alb 30 mg/Pla

7.9

301

180

55.0

9.3

8.1

34.2

Riddle

2013

USA

Ins ± Met

24w

Lix 20ug/Pla

12.5

495

228

57.0

——

8.4

32.1

Rodbard

2018

USA

Ins ± Met

30w

Sem 0.5 mg/Sem 1 mg/Pla

13.3

396

222

58.8

8.7

8.4

32.2

Rodbard

2019

USA

Met

52w

Sem 14 mg/Emp

7.4

821

415

57.5

9.6

8.1

32.9

Rosenstock

2014

USA

Sul ± Met

24w

Lix 20ug/Pla

9.3

859

434

57.3

9.6

8.3

30.2

Rosenstock

2013

USA

Met

24w

Lix 20ug/EBID 10ug

6.8

634

338

57.4

9.7

8.0

33.6

Rosenstock

2021

USA

Diet

40w

Tir 10 mg/Tir 15 mg/Pla

4.8

357

191

54.1

8.5

8.0

31.0

Seino

2016

Japan

Ins

36w

Lir 0.9 mg/Pla

14.5

257

144

60.5

8.7

8.8

25.7

Seino

2012

Japan

Ins ± Sul

24w

Lix 20ug/Pla

13.9

311

149

58.3

7.6

8.5

25.3

Seino

2010

Japan

OADs ± Diet

24w

Lir 0.9 mg/Glib

8.2

400

133

58.3

11.3

8.9

24.5

Sorli

2017

USA

Diet

30w

Sem 0.5 mg/Sem 1 mg/Pla

4.2

387

210

53.7

——

8.1

33.0

Su

2014

China

Met

52w

EBID 10ug/Ins

0.6

60

——

46.0

9.0

8.2

38.4

Tamura

2015

Japan

Diet

26w

Dul 0.75/Lir 0.9 mg/Pla

6.6

487

396

57.4

9.3

8.2

25.5

Tan

2015

USA

Sul ± Met

24w

Lir 1.8 mg/Ins

8.5

944

513

57.2

9.8

9.0

31.9

Terauchi

2014

Japan

OADs ± Diet

12w

Dul 0.75 mg/Pla

4.7

72

57

51.9

8.9

8.0

27.3

Umpierrez

2014

USA

Diet

26w

Dul 1.5 mg/Dul 0.75 mg/Met

3.0

807

353

55.7

9.0

7.6

33.3

Van Eyk

2019

Netherlands

Standard care

26w

Lir 1.8 mg/Pla

17.0

47

19

55.0

——

8.4

29.4

Vanderheiden

2016

USA

Ins

26w

Lir 1.8 mg/Pla

17.0

71

38

54.1±

11.9

8.9

41.2

Weissman

2014

USA

Sul ± Met

52w

Alb 30 mg/Ins

8.7

745

418

55.4

9.5

8.3

33.1

Yabe

2020

Japan

OADs

52w

Sem 14 mg/Dul 0.75 mg

9.4

195

118

58.3

9.4

8.4

26.2

Yamada

2020

Japan

Diet ± OADs

52w

Sem 14 mg/Lir 0.9 mg/Pla

7.7

145

119

59.7

9.2

8.2

25.6

Yang

2022

China

Met ± OADs

24w

Lix 20ug/Ins

8.9

527

282

56.4

9.9

8.3

26.0

Yang

2018

China

Ins ± Met

24w

Lix 20ug/Pla

10.3

448

203

55.1

7.0

7.9

27.7

Yin

2018

China

Met

16w

EBID 10ug/Ins

5.4

39

22

48.1

8.8

8.2

27.5

Yu

2014

China

Sul ± Met

24w

Lix 20ug/Pla

6.6

390

192

54.8

8.8

8.0

26.9

Zang

2016

China

Met

26w

Lir 1.8 mg/Sit

5.2

367

219

51.5

9.4

8.1

27.2

Zhang

2020

China

OADs

52w

EBID 10ug/Ins

7.3

59

33

58.4

10.4

8.5

24.0

Zinman

2009

Canada

OADs

26w

Lir 1.2 mg/Lir 1.8 mg/Pla

9.0

300

170

55.0

10.1

8.5

33.6

  1. Baseline characteristics of trials are reported as mean.