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. 2025 Aug 23;17:352. doi: 10.1186/s13098-025-01888-1

Table 3.

Baseline characteristics of the included studies’ populations

Study ID Interventions Age in years (SD) Male N (%) Weight in kg (SD) BMI in kg/m2 (SD) Time since diagnosis (year) Age at PD onset in years (SD) LED MDS-UPDRS part III on state MDS-UPDRS part III off state MDS-UPDRS part II MDS-UPDRS part IV
Athauda 2017 [36] Exenatide 61.6 (8.2) 22 (71%) 81.8 (16.6) – 6·4 (3.3) 55.9 (7.9) 773.9 (260.9) 19.4 (8.4) 32.8 (9.7) 12.5 (6.7) 4.7 (3.1)
Placebo 57.8 (8.0) 22 (76%) 80.8 (12.9) – 6·4 (3.3) 52.2 (7.7) 825.7 (215) 14.4 (8.2) 27.1 (10.3) 10.7 (5.3) 5.3 (3.0)
Aviles-Olmos 2013 [37] Exenatide 61.4 (6.0) 15 (75%) – – 9.6 (3.4) 51.6 (7.8) 973 (454) 23.5 (6.3) 31.0 (11.2) 10.2 (5.2) 6.3 (2.4)
Usual care 59.4 (8.4) 20 (83%) – – 11.0 (5.9) 48.4 (7.4) 977 (493) 25.3 (10.7) 34.0 (16.1) 12.9 (6.2) 6.3 (3.4)
Malatt 2022 [16] Liraglutide 63.5 (9.8) 25 (67.6%) – 28 (5.2) 4.7 (3.1) 58.9 (10.5) 564 (327) 14.8 (7.1) 26.1 (9.6) 8.8 (5.4) 3.8 (3.3)
Placebo 64.2 (6.4) 13 (72.2%) – 27.9 (4.6) 4.8 (3.3) 59.3 (7.5) 640 (360) 16.3 (9.2) 28.8 (10.7) 7.6 (5.0) 3.6 (3.2)
McGarry 2024 [30] NLY01 2.5 mg 62.1 (9.0) 60 (71%) 80.8 (16.6) 26.42 (4.14) 1.02 (1.04) – – – 22.7 (8.1) 4.8 (3.6) –
NLY01 5 mg 60.6 (10.0) 54 (64%) 79.1 (17.4) 25.81 (4.58) 0.96 (0.94) – – – 22.0 (8.2) 5.0· (4.1) –
Placebo 61.8 (8.1) 52 (62%) 77.8 (16.2) 26.03 (4.66) 0.9 (0.996) – – – 22·3 (9.1) 4.9 (3.6) –
Meissner 2024 [31] Lixisenatide 59.5 (8.1) 44 (56) 75 (15.8) 25.6 (3.9) 1.4 (0.8) – 317 (179) – 14.8 (7.3) 5.0 (3.5) 0.3 (1.3)
Placebo 59.9 (8.4) 48 (62) 76.7 (15.7) 25.8 (4.2) 1.4 (0.7) – 355 (215) – 15.5 (7.8) 5.4 (4.3) 0.2 (0.8)

All qualitative variables are represented as number (percentage), while quantitative variables are shown in Mean (Standard deviation)

LED levodopa equivalent dose, MDR-UPDRS Movement Disorder Society-Sponsored Revision of the Unified Parkinson’s Disease, SD Standard deviation