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Table 1 Cardiovascular and kidney outcomes reported in selected meta-analyses of CVOTs of GLP-1RAs and SGLT2is

From: Combining glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)

Outcome

GLP-1RAs

SGLT2is

 

HR (95% CI)

p-value

HR (95% CI)

p-value

Meta-analysis by Zelniker et al. [3] of 5 GLP-1RA trials and 3 SGLT2i trials

 MACE

0.88 (0.84–0.94)

 < 0.001

0.89 (0.83–0.96)

0.001

  MACE in established ASCVD

0.87 (0.82–0.92)

NA

0.86 (0.80–0.93)

NA

  MACE without established ASCVD

1.03 (0.87–1.23)

NA

1.00 (0.87–1.16)

NA

 HHF

0.93 (0.83–1.04)

0.20

0.69 (0.61–0.79)

 < 0.001

 Risk of stroke

0.86 (0.77–0.97)

0.012

0.97 (0.86–1.10)

0.64

 Kidney outcomes

0.82 (0.75–0.89)

 < 0.001

0.62 (0.58–0.67)

 < 0.001

 Kidney outcomes without macroalbuminuria

0.92 (0.80–1.06)

0.24

0.55 (0.48–0.64)

 < 0.001

Outcome

HR (95% CI)

p-value

Meta-analysis by Sattar et al. [29] of 8 GLP-1RA trials

  

 MACE

0.86 (0.80–0.93)

 < 0.0001

  MACE in established ASCVD

0.85 (0.78–0.92)

NA

  MACE without established ASCVD

0.94 (0.83–1.06)

NA

 HHF

0.89 (0.82–0.98)

0.013

 Risk of stroke

0.83 (0.76–0.92)

0.0002

 Kidney outcomes

0.79 (0.73–0.87)

 < 0.0001

 Kidney outcomes without macroalbuminuria

0.86 (0.72–1.02)

0.089

Meta-analysis by Lee et al. [85] of 9 GLP-1RA trials

 MACE

0.87 (0.81–0.94)

0.00065

Meta-analysis by McGuire et al. [86] of 6 SGLT2i trials

 MACE

0.90 (0.85–0.95)

NA

 MACE in established ASCVD

0.89 (0.84–0.95)

NA

 MACE without established ASCVD

0.94 (0.83–1.07)

NA

HHF

0.68 (0.61–0.76)

NA

Kidney outcomes

0.62 (0.56–0.70)

NA

  1. ASCVD atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, CI confidence interval, CVOT cardiovascular outcome trial, GLP-1RA glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, HHF hospitalization for heart failure, HR hazard ratio, MACE major adverse cardiovascular events, NA not available, SGLT2i sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor