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Table 1 Baseline differences between trial eligible and ineligible UCC-SMART type 2 diabetes patients with established cardiovascular disease

From: External applicability of SGLT2 inhibitor cardiovascular outcome trials to patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease

 

Δ Eligible – ineligible (95% CI)

EMPA-REG OUTCOME

CANVAS

DECLARE-TIMI 58

VERTIS-CV

Patient characteristics

 Age (years)

− 0.2 (− 1.3, 0.8)

− 0.8 (− 1.8, 0.1)

− 2.4 (− 3.4, − 1.5)

− 1.0 (− 2.1, 0.2)

 Male (%)

− 5.5 (− 10.8, − 0.2)

− 4.8 (− 9.7, 0.2)

− 0.1 (− 4.7, 4.5)

− 5.3 (− 11.2, 0.7)

 Diabetes duration (years)

1.5 (1.0, 2.5)

2.0 (1.0, 2.5)

1.0 (0.5, 2)

2.0 (1.0, 3.0)

 Smoking current (%)

3.3 (− 2.0, 8.6)

5.7 (0.6, 10.7)

6.7 (2.0, 11.4)

3.9 (− 2.1, 9.9)

History

 Coronary artery disease (%)

5.0 (− 0.5, 10.5)

1.7 (− 3.6, 7)

2.8 (− 2.2, 7.9)

5.3 (− 0.8, 11.4)

 Cerebrovascular disease (%)

− 3.6 (− 8.9, 1.7)

− 3.6 (− 8.7, 1.4)

− 6.3 (− 11.2, − 1.5)

− 5.3 (− 11.2, 0.5)

 Peripheral artery disease (%)

4.8 (− 0.2, 9.8)

5.7 (1.0, 10.5)

1.1 (− 3.3, 5.5)

4.2 (− 1.5, 9.8)

Medication

 Total glucose lowering therapy (%)

12.7 (8.2, 17.2)

11.9 (7.5, 16.3)

9.1 (4.7, 13.6)

8.2 (3.0, 13.3)

 Glucose lowering agents (%)

3.1 (− 2.5, 8.8)

0.4 (− 5.0, 5.8)

3.2 (− 1.9, 8.4)

− 3.0 (− 9.4, 3.5)

 Insulin (%)

18.7 (13.2, 24.1)

20.0 (14.9, 25.1)

13.3 (8.7, 17.9)

19.5 (13.2, 25.8)

 Antihypertensive therapy (%)

2.7 (− 1.6, 7.0)

0.6 (− 3.6, 4.8)

− 3.3 (− 7.3, 0.7)

0.6 (− 4.3, 5.5)

 Lipid lowering therapy (%)

0.4 (− 4.7, 5.6)

− 4.0 (− 9.0, 1.0)

− 1.2 (− 5.8, 3.5)

2.8 (− 2.9, 8.5)

 Antithrombotic therapy (%)

1.6 (− 2.5, 5.6)

− 3.4 (− 7.4, 0.7)

− 2.3 (− 6.0, 1.5)

1.7 (− 2.8, 6.2)

Physical examination

 BMI (kg/m2)

0.3 (− 0.2, 0.8)

0.6 (0.1, 1.1)

1.1 (0.7, 1.6)

0.4 (− 0.2, 0.9)

 Systolic BP (mmHg)

1.1 (− 1.3, 3.5)

1.6 (− 0.7, 3.9)

− 5.8 (− 7.9, − 3.7)

− 11.4 (− 13.5, − 9.4)

 Diastolic BP (mmHg)

− 0.8 (− 2.1, 0.4)

− 0.2 (− 1.4, 1.1)

− 2.4 (− 3.6, − 1.3)

− 5.9 (− 7.0, − 4.7)

Laboratory results

 HbA1c (mmol/mol)

12.1 (11.0, 13.2)

16.2 (15.1, 17.3)

12.1 (10.9, 13.3)

11.9 (10.6, 13.1)

 HbA1c (%)

1.1 (1.0, 1.2)

1.5 (1.4, 1.6)

1.1 (1.0, 1.2)

1.1 (1.0, 1.2)

 eGFR (CKD-EPI) (ml/min/1.73 m2)

1.0 (− 1.2, 3.2)

2.7 (0.6, 4.8)

11.7 (9.7, 13.6)

1.4 (− 1.1, 3.9)

 Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

0.0 (− 0.1, 0.2)

0.1 (0.0, 0.3)

− 0.1 (− 0.2, 0.03)

− 0.1 (− 0.2, 0.1)

 HDL-C (mmol/L)

0.0 (− 0.1, 0.0)

− 0.1 (− 0.1, 0.0)

0.03 (− 0.1, − 0.002)

− 0.04 (− 0.08, − 0.003)

 LDL-C (mmol/L)

0.0 (− 0.1, 0.1)

0.0 (− 0.1, 0.2)

− 0.2 (− 0.3, − 0.1)

− 0.04 (− 0.2, 0.1)

 Triglycerides (mmol/L)

0.1 (0.0, 0.2)

0.2 (0.1, 0.3)

0.1 (0.01, 0.2)

0.1 (− 0.1, 0.2)

  1. Data are presented as difference in proportion (%) for categorical variables, difference in median for duration of diabetes and triglycerides and difference in mean for other continues variables. Data in bold represent a p < 0.05 for the difference between eligible and ineligible patients. Information on baseline characteristics within the groups of trial eligible and trial ineligible patients are presented in Additional file 1: Table S3
  2. CKD-EPI chronic kidney disease epidemiology collaboration formula, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol