Effect of Liraglutide in Different Abdominal Fat Layers Measured by Ultrasound: The Importance of Perirenal Fat Reduction

Abstract

Liraglutide induces greater fat loss in the layers involved with MS. However, the maximal reduction is seen at perirenal fat, which has been recently related with hypertension and could play an important role in modulating kidney's expansion and intraglomerular pressure. US is a reproducible clinical tool to assess pathologic fat depots in patients living with obesity.