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Table 1 Demographic and baseline characteristics

From: Changes in HbA1c and weight, and treatment persistence, over the 18 months following initiation of second-line therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes: results from the United Kingdom Clinical Practice Research Datalink

 

MET + SU

N = 4655

MET + DPP-4i

N = 2899

MET + SGLT-2i

N = 441

Other*

N = 1102

Overall

N = 9097

Male, n (%)

2679 (57.6)

1704 (58.8)

266 (60.3)

551 (50.0)

5200 (57.2)

Age (years), mean (SD)

61.54 (12.97)

60.81 (12.34)

55.05 (10.14)

62.81 (14.85)

61.15 (12.98)

  <50

892 (19.2%)

544 (18.8%)

128 (29.0%)

210 (19.1%)

1774 (19.5%)

 50 to <60

1150 (24.7%)

805 (27.8%)

165 (37.4%)

241 (21.9%)

2361 (26.0%)

 60 to <70

1291 (27.7%)

842 (29.0%)

119 (27.0%)

275 (25.0%)

2527 (27.8%)

 ≥70

1322 (28.4%)

708 (24.4%)

29 (6.6%)

376 (34.1%)

2435 (26.8%)

HbA1c (%), mean (SD)

9.19 (1.88)

8.75 (1.50)

9.07 (1.58)

8.72 (1.91)

8.98 (1.77)

 <7

283 (6.2%)

147 (5.1%)

20 (4.6%)

164 (15.2%)

614 (6.9%)

 7 to <8

971 (21.3%)

829 (28.8%)

100 (23.0%)

276 (25.5%)

2176 (24.3%)

 8 to <9

1245 (27.3%)

923 (32.1%)

120 (27.7%)

254 (23.5%)

2542 (28.4%)

 9 to <10

783 (17.2%)

468 (16.3%)

84 (19.4%)

152 (14.1%)

1487 (16.6%)

 10 to <11

491 (10.8%)

244 (8.5%)

54 (12.4%)

92 (8.5%)

881 (9.8%)

 ≥11

787 (17.3%)

266 (9.3%)

56 (12.9%)

144 (13.3%)

1253 (14.0%)

HbA1c (mmol/mol), mean (SD)

77 (20.6)

72 (16.4)

76 (17.3)

72 (20.9)

75 (19.3)

BMI (kg/m2, mean (SD)

31.78 (6.50)

33.21 (6.56)

36.56 (6.98)

33.12 (7.93)

32.64 (6.82)

 <20

43 (0.9%)

8 (0.3%)

0

24 (2.2%)

75 (0.8%)

 20 to <25

498 (10.9%)

194 (6.8%)

8 (1.8%)

106 (9.8%)

806 (9.0%)

 25 to <30

1457 (31.9%)

795 (27.7%)

65 (14.8%)

273 (25.2%)

2590 (28.9%)

 30 to <35

1366 (29.9%)

887 (31.0%)

129 (29.5%)

301 (27.8%)

2683 (30.0%)

 ≥35

1208 (26.4%)

982 (34.3%)

236 (53.9%)

379 (35.0%)

2805 (31.3%)

Weight (kg), mean (SD)

90.97 (21.00)

96.00 (21.50)

107.30 (22.87)

93.63 (25.55)

93.70 (22.18)

 <60

189 (4.1%)

63 (2.2%)

2 (0.5%)

51 (4.7%)

305 (3.4%)

 60 to <80

1227 (26.6%)

578 (20.1%)

40 (9.1%)

298 (27.3%)

2143 (23.8%)

 80 to <100

1837 (39.9%)

1133 (39.3%)

127 (28.9%)

361 (33.1%)

3458 (38.4%)

 100 to <120

954 (20.7%)

728 (25.3%)

166 (37.7%)

232 (21.3%)

2080 (23.1%)

 ≥120

399 (8.7%)

378 (13.1%)

105 (23.9%)

149 (13.7%)

1031 (11.4%)

Time since diagnosis (years), median (IQR)

4.00 (1.57–7.20)

4.25 (1.88–7.21)

3.30 (1.47–5.55)

4.64 (1.94–8.05)

4.10 (1.70–7.22)

 <6 months

542 (11.6%)

237 (8.2%)

40 (9.1%)

74 (6.7%)

893 (9.8%)

 6 months to <1 year

283 (6.1%)

174 (6.0%)

35 (7.9%)

68 (6.2%)

560 (6.2%)

 1 to <3 years

1076 (23.1%)

658 (22.7%)

129 (29.3%)

250 (22.7%)

2113 (23.2%)

 3 to <5 years

839 (18.0%)

591 (20.4%)

104 (23.6%)

194 (17.6%)

1728 (19.0%)

 ≥5 years

1915 (41.1%)

1239 (42.7%)

133 (30.2%)

516 (46.8%)

3803 (41.8%)

Time since initiation of first-line therapy (years), median (IQR)

2.20 (0.72–4.65)

2.62 (1.02–4.89)

2.05 (0.85–4.02)

2.30 (0.89–4.84)

2.33 (0.85–4.72)

  <6 months

953 (20.5%)

427 (14.7%)

71 (16.1%)

171 (15.5%)

1622 (17.8%)

 6 months to <1 year

474 (10.2%)

280 (9.7%)

50 (11.3%)

124 (11.3%)

928 (10.2%)

 1 to <3 years

1346 (28.9%)

884 (30.5%)

157 (35.6%)

346 (31.4%)

2733 (30.0%)

 3 to <5 years

840 (18.1%)

613 (21.2%)

89 (20.2%)

199 (18.1%)

1741 (19.1%)

 ≥5 years

1042 (22.4%)

695 (24.0%)

74 (16.8%)

262 (23.8%)

2073 (22.8%)

  1. BMI body mass index, DPP-4i dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor, HbA1c glycated haemoglobin, IQR interquartile range, MET metformin, SD standard deviation, SGLT-2i sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor, SU sulfonylurea
  2. *Includes all other add-on combinations to metformin, combinations without metformin and other monotherapies
  3. Baseline HbA1c, BMI and weight were missing for 144, 138 and 80 patients, respectively