Older Black male veterans with diabetes, fatty liver, and depression who take GLP-1 drugs (like Ozempic) seem to have less liver scarring than those on SGLT2 drugs, based on a blood test score — but the difference isn’t strong enough to be sure it’s not just by chance.

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SAT-536 How Do Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatosis Liver Disease (MASLD) and Depression in Veterans with T2DM respond to novel medications

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The study looked at the same groups and medicines mentioned in the claim and found that people on GLP-1RAs had lower liver damage scores than those on SGLT2 inhibitors, just like the claim says—even if the difference wasn’t strong enough to be certain.

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SAT-536 How Do Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatosis Liver Disease (MASLD) and Depression in Veterans with T2DM respond to novel medications

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DOI: 10.1210/jendso/bvaf149.1068

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