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. 2023 May 23;44(31):2930–2943. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad283

Table 2.

Treatment effect on efficacy outcomes according to background diuretic therapy

Primary composite No diuretic
(n = 683)
Non-loop diuretic
(n = 769)
<40 mga
(n = 1811)
40 mga
(n = 1902)
>40 mga
(n = 1098)
P interaction (diuretic use/type) P interaction (diuretic dose)
Placebo Dapagliflozin Placebo Dapagliflozin Placebo Dapagliflozin Placebo Dapagliflozin Placebo Dapagliflozin
Event rate 7.3 5.3 3.9 4.2 8.3 6.4 9.8 7.9 18.1 15.3
HR (95% CI) 0.74 (0.48–1.12) 1.08 (0.67–1.74) 0.76 (0.60–0.97) 0.81 (0.66–1.00) 0.84 (0.68, 1.04) 0.64 0.57
CV death
Event rate 3.3 2.6 1.6 2.8 3.2 2.6 4.0 3.3 6.3 5.5
HR (95% CI) 0.77 (0.42–1.39) 1.82 (0.95–3.50) 0.83 (0.57–1.19) 0.82 (0.60–1.13) HR = 0.86 (0.62, 1.20) 0.31 0.75
HF event
Event rate 4.7 3.4 2.7 1.9 5.9 4.8 6.9 5.3 15.4 12.6
HR (95% CI) 0.71 (0.42–1.20) 0.69 (0.36–1.31) 0.81 (0.61–1.07) 0.77 (0.60–0.99) 0.82 (0.65, 1.03) 0.99 0.63
HFH
Event rate 3.8 2.5 2.5 1.5 5.2 4.3 6.3 4.8 14.7 11.2
HR (95% CI) 0.65 (0.36–1.18) 0.61 (0.31–1.22) 0.83 (0.62–1.11) 0.77 (0.59–1.00) 0.76 (0.60, 0.97) 0.61 0.91
All-cause death
Event rate 5.8 5.4 4.3 4.9 6.2 6.4 9.2 7.2 10.7 11.1
HR (95% CI) 0.92 (0.60–1.41) 1.14 (0.73–1.76) 1.04 (0.81–1.33) 0.78 (0.63–0.97) 1.03 (0.81, 1.32) 0.22 0.69
KCCQ-TSS
1 month
78.7 ± 20.2 77.5 ± 19.6 80.2 ± 17.9 80.4 ± 18.1 77.9 ± 19.0 80.5 ± 16.9 74.4 ± 19.7 75.2 ± 20.5 69.3 ± 22.5 71.9 ± 22.4
Difference 1.7 (−0.7 TO 4.1) 1.4 (−0.6 to 3.5) 2.0 (0.7–3.3) 0.6 (−1.0 to 2.2) 4.0 (1.7, 6.3) 0.08 0.13
KCCQ-TSS
8 months
80.1 ± 18.8 82.0 ± 17.4 79.6 ± 19.7 81.5 ± 17.6 78.8 ± 19.7 81.6 ± 16.8 75.0 ± 21.3 77.1 ± 20.0 72.5 ± 21.8 74.7 ± 21.1
Difference 3.5 (0.9–6.2) 3.5 (0.9–6.1) 2.0 (0.4–3.6) 1.7 (−0.3 to 3.7) 2.9 (0.1, 5.7) 0.88 0.78

Dose in furosemide equivalents.

CI, confidence interval; CV, cardiovascular; HF, heart failure, HFH, heart failure hospitalization; HR, hazard ratio; KCCQ-TSS, Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire total symptom score.