Research Article
Diastolic Cardiac Function Improvement by Liraglutide Is Mainly Body Weight Reduction Dependent but Independently Contributes to B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Reduction in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Figure 5
Relationship between relative changes in BNP and changes in LVDd, , and adjusted by BMI. Relationship between relative changes in BNP and the changes in (a) LVDd, (b) , and (c) divided by BMI in study subjects from baseline to 26 weeks after liraglutide introduction. BNP: B-type natriuretic peptide; BMI: body mass index; : wave to ratio on tissue Doppler echocardiography; LVDd: left ventricular diastolic diameter.
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