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Table 3 Distribution of first prescription claimed for glucose-lowering medications according to year of first-time myocardial infarction.

From: Temporal trends in the initiation of glucose-lowering medications after a first-time myocardial infarction - a nationwide study between 1997 and 2006

 

1997-1998

1999-2000

2001-2002

2003-2004

2005-2006

p for trend.

Metformin (%)

30.47

33.83

36.62

38.03

39.94

<0.0001

Insulin (%)

9.07

9.59

12.70

13.25

14.29

0.002

Sulfonylurea (%)

59.07

55.43

48.90

48.01

45.48

<0.0001

Other GLM(%)a

1.38

1.16

1.78

0.71

0.29

0.15

  1. a GLM: glucose-lowering medications: Other GLM: glitazones, acarbose, repaglinide, and repaglinide + metformin.
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Cardiovascular Diabetology

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