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Every enrolled patient already had vascular disease. Whether semaglutide reduces first cardiovascular events in lower-risk people with overweight or obesity is not what SELECT tested, and pretending otherwise overstates what we know. The risk-reduction figures often quoted from the SURMOUNT-5 analysis are based on the Framingham risk equations applied to changes in risk factors they are modelled, not observed. Useful as a hypothesis
Tirzepatide, a dual glucagon-like peptide-1 (GIP) and GLP-1RAs, administered once weekly at a 15 mg dose, resulted in an average weight loss of 20.9% over 72 weeks (Jastreboff et al., 2022), driven by its synergistic effects on appetite regulation, energy intake reduction, and fat mass decrease (Heise et al., 2023)