For most, these episodes were mild to moderate and often occurred during the dose escalation phasethe period when the dosage is gradually increased every four weeks
Moreover, the observed high incidence of MACEs, which reached 12.0% in the non-users during follow-up, highlights the elevated cardiovascular risk among KTRs with T2DM, underscoring the importance of incorporating GLP-1 RAs into the DM care for these specific population
Among homozygous PCD patients there were two cases of unexplained myocardial scarring and this is in contrast to no myocardial scarring in any of the other study participants (p = 0.10)
Additionally, patients with elevated liver enzymes (AST and ALT levels of 60 or higher), total bilirubin levels of 2 or more, as well as those with diabetes, a history of smoking, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, cholecystectomy, active infections, or GGT levels of 60 or above, were excluded
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