The effects of GLP-1 receptor agonists on metabolic inflammatory markers in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

PeerJ · 2026 · PMC12880101 · PMID 41660088

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Although the results from 13 studies indicated a decreasing trend in IL-6 levels (SMD = −0.52), this change was not statistically significant (95% CI [−1.34 to 0.29], P = 0.21, I 2 = 96%).

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By contrast, changes in interleukin-6 (IL-6) were inconsistent across trials and did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.21).

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