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. 2024 Mar 27;14:7227. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-57871-9

Table 3.

SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 outcomes in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 and cardiomyopathy depending on antidiabetic therapy.

Outcomes [presented as N (%)] Antidiabetic medication P

SGLT-2 inhibitors yes

N = 1565

SGLT-2 inhibitors no

N = 12,920

SARS-CoV-2 infections 188 (12.00%) 2033 (15.70%)  < 0.001
COVID-19 hospitalized 58 (3.70%) 1078 (8.30%)  < 0.001
COVID-19 death 17 (1.10%) 353 (2.70%)  < 0.001

Metformin yes

N = 9672

Metformin no

N = 4813

SARS-CoV-2 infections 1440 (14.90%) 781 (16.20%) 0.035
COVID-19 hospitalized 679 (7.00%) 457 (9.50%)  < 0.001
COVID-19 death 202 (2.10%) 168 (3.50%)  < 0.001

Sulfonylureas yes

N = 4953

Sulfonylureas no

N = 9532

SARS-CoV-2 infections 783 (15.80%) 1438 (15.10%) 0.253
COVID-19 hospitalized 455 (9.20%) 681 (7.10%)  < 0.001
COVID-19 death 144 (2.90%) 226 (2.40%) 0.058

DPP-4 inhibitors yes

N = 3865

DPP-4 inhibitors no

N = 10,620

SARS-CoV-2 infections 637 (16.50%) 1584 (14.90%) 0.021
COVID-19 hospitalized 324 (8.40%) 812 (7.60%) 0.151
COVID-19 death 107 (2.80%) 263 (2.50%) 0.341

GLP-1 analogues yes

N = 909

GLP-1 analogues no

N = 13,576

SARS-CoV-2 infections 142 (15.60%) 2079 (15.30%) 0.816
COVID-19 hospitalized 45 (5.00%) 1091 (8.00%)  < 0.001
COVID-19 death 14 (1.50%) 356 (2.60%) 0.055

Acarbosis yes

N = 52

Acarbosis no

N = 7660

SARS-CoV-2 infections 10 (11.10%) 2211 (15.40%) 0.306
COVID-19 hospitalized 4 (4.40%) 1132 (7.90%) 0.322
COVID-19 death 2 (2.20%) 368 (2.60%) 1

Pioglitazone yes

N = 552

Pioglitazone no

N = 13,933

SARS-CoV-2 infections 93 (16.80%) 2128 (15.30%) 0.307
COVID-19 hospitalized 42 (7.60%) 1094 (7.90%) 0.927
COVID-19 death 12 (2.20%) 358 (2.60%) 0.680

Repaglinide yes

N = 744

Repaglinide no

N = 13,741

SARS-CoV-2 infections 111 (14.90%) 2110 (15.40%) 0.790
COVID-19 hospitalized 67 (9.00%) 1069 (7.80%) 0.233
COVID-19 death 24 (3.20%) 346 (2.50%) 0.231

Insulin yes

N = 2341

Insulin no

N = 12,144

SARS-CoV-2 infections 408 (17.40%) 1813 (14.90%) 0.002
COVID-19 hospitalized 222 (9.50%) 914 (7.50%) 0.001
COVID-19 death 86 (3.70%) 284 (2.30%)  < 0.001

P calculated via hi square test.

Statistically significant p values are bolded.

Patient characteristics for each group are presented in Additional file 1.

SGLT-2 Sodium-glucose Cotransporter-2, DPP-4 Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4, GLP-1 Glucagon-like peptide 1.