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Metabolic adaptation
The WIG score shows moderate accuracy in predicting anti-DM dose reductions at baseline and after 3 months of weight loss efforts.
The WIG score can be used by healthcare providers to identify patients likely to reduce diabetes medication with weight loss.
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WIG score showed moderate accuracy in discriminating anti-DM dose reductions at baseline, and after 3 months of weight loss efforts.
Why this rating
The study analyzes case records of 121 patients, indicating a robust dataset.
Source
A clinical score to predict dose reductions of antidiabetes medications with intentional weight loss: A retrospective cohort study
Ghanshyam Palamaner Subash Shantha et al. · Biomedical Journal · 2016
cohort · n=121Cited 1×
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