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by woliveirajr 380 days ago
139,000 patients, hazard went from 0.1 to 0.2%. It means that 139 new patients developed Macular Degeneration during 3 years. I would really consider the benefits of GLP-1 versus health gains to diabetic patients (specially regarding quality of life with macular degeneration)
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Yeah I would not even consider this on my radar if I was overweight. The health risks from obesity are so far in excess of this.
Probably depends on your situation; if you're obese: absolutely. If you're just a bit overweight, perhaps not?

Of course hard to extrapolate to the general case from this study, as it only included patients over 66 with a diagnosis of diabetes.