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. 2023 Jun 10;41(10):1249–1262. doi: 10.1007/s40273-023-01286-3

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics

DCS-CANVAS DCS-DECLARE DCS-EMPA DCS-ZIN DCS-Overall P value
Count (% overall)a 998 (8.17) 4517 (36.98) 326 (2.67) 1928 (15.79) 12214 (100)
Age, years 66.17 (8.82) 70.57 (8.64) 69.13 (9.58) 71.63 (9.61) 66.02 (12.22) < 0.001
Duration of diabetes, years 9.98 (7.49) 8.68 (7.84) 10.25 (7.02) 10.16 (7.02) 6.79 (7.17) < 0.001
Total cholesterol, mmol/liter 4.31 (1.03) 4.36 (1.02) 4.18 (0.96) 4.29 (1.04) 4.54 (1.09) < 0.001
HbA1c, % 7.89 (0.81) 7.40 (0.96) 7.74 (0.69) 6.87 (1.05) 6.87 (1.18) < 0.001
HbA1c, mmol/mol 62.77 (8.88) 57.34 (10.50) 61.13 (7.50) 51.62 (11.48) 51.60 (12.91) < 0.001
eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2 81.78 (15.85) 73.49 (18.71) 73.90 (18.79) 67.73 (19.92) 78.04 (19.90) < 0.001
BMI, kg/m2 31.51 (5.57) 30.23 (5.34) 30.13 (4.65) 29.92 (5.19) 30.26 (5.57) < 0.001
SBP, mmHg 149.79 (20.23) 141.33 (18.26) 145.43 (20.94) 143.74 (22.62) 140.60 (20.88) < 0.001
DBP, mmHg 79.29 (10.19) 77.71 (8.23) 76.39 (10.02) 76.35 (9.00) 78.89 (8.78) < 0.001
Male, count (%) 642 (64.3) 2629 (58.2) 226 (69.3) 1199 (62.2) 6549 (53.6) < 0.001
Smoking status, count (%) < 0.001
 Current 326 (33.0) 790 (17.8) 64 (19.7) 334 (17.5) 2289 (19.1)
 Former 406 (41.1) 2224 (50.0) 184 (56.6) 1112 (58.1) 5667 (47.3)
 Never 257 (26.0) 1436 (32.3) 77 (23.7) 468 (24.5) 4022 (33.6)
Using CVD medicationb, count (%) 942 (94.4) 4102 (90.9) 318 (97.5) 1879 (97.5) 10017 (82.2) < 0.001
Using metformin, count (%) 998 (100.0) 3298 (73.0) 247 (75.8) 1347 (69.9) 7860 (64.6) < 0.001
Using sulfonylureas, count (%) 383 (38.4) 1396 (30.9) 158 (48.5) 604 (31.3) 2420 (19.9) < 0.001
Using insulin, count (%) 384 (38.5) 1439 (31.9) 133 (40.8) 677 (35.1) 3034 (24.9) < 0.001
Previous AMI, count (%) 81 (8.1) 203 (4.5) 122 (37.4) 378 (19.6) 378 (3.1) < 0.001
Previous CVA, count (%) 72 (7.2) 166 (3.7) 89 (27.3) 335 (17.4) 335 (2.7) < 0.001
Previous CHF, count (%) 33 (3.3) 133 (2.9) 51 (15.6) 235 (12.2) 235 (1.9) < 0.001

DCS-CANVAS the subset of Hoorn Diabetes Care System cohort filtered by CANagliflozin cardioVascular Assessment Study [7], DCS-DECLARE the subset of Hoorn Diabetes Care System cohort filtered by Multicenter Trial to Evaluate the Effect of Dapagliflozin on the Incidence of Cardiovascular Events [8], DCS-EMPA the subset of Hoorn Diabetes Care System cohort filtered by Cardiovascular Outcome Event Trial in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patient [6], DCS-ZIN the subset of Hoorn Diabetes Care System cohort filtered by Dutch reimbursement criteria (version October 2022 [25]), DCS-Overall the overall Hoorn Diabetes Care System cohort, LDL low-density lipoprotein, HbA1c hemoglobin A1c, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, CVD cardiovascular disease, AMI acute myocardial infarction, CVA cerebrovascular accident, CHF chronic heart failure

Mean (one standard deviation) are presented unless otherwise stated

aThe proportion indicates the percentage to the DCS-Overall population, so it does not add up to 1

bCVD medication, cardiovascular disease medication including C02, C03A, C03B, C03E, C03DA, C07, C08, C09, C10, C01, C03, C04, C05, according to ATC code