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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2023 Apr 1;196:89–98. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.03.002

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of study population across eligibility for GLP-1 RAs and SGLT-2i

Overall ASCVD Heart Failure Diabetic Nephropathy
Overall 587,657 209,983 68,506 159,436
Age (year) 72.89 (9.2) 74.93 (7.9) 74.79 (8.5) 75.13 (8.1)
Female Sex 310,842(52.9) 96,869 (46.1) 35,469 (51.8) 81,870 (51.3)
Health Insurance
Commercial 64,740(11) 13,518 (6.4) 3,456 (5.0) 9,643 (6.0)
Medicare Advantage 522,917(89) 196,465(93.6) 65,050(95.0) 149,793(94.0)
Neighborhood Income ($) 53,317 [46,338–62,553] 52,782 [46,315–62,000] 52,389 [45,551–61,695] 53,063 [46,338–62,036]
Medications
Metformin 356,215(60.6) 114,838 (54.7) 30,749 (44.9) 72,530 (45.5)
Sulfonylureas 167,669(28.5) 59,835 (28.5) 19,085 (27.9) 50,809 (31.9)
Thiazolidinediones 36,069(6.1) 11,220 (5.3) 2,781 (4.1) 10,928 (6.9)
DPP-4 Inhibitors 76,923(13.1) 28,189 (13.4) 8,976 (13.1) 24,506 (15.4)
Meglitinides 5,441(0.9) 2,340 (1.1) 738 (1.1) 2,158 (1.4)
Insulin Long-acting 115,333(19.6) 49,925 (23.8) 20,619 (30.1) 44,944 (28.2)
Insulin Short-acting 70,871(12.1) 33,328 (15.9) 14,976 (21.9) 30,526 (19.1)
Statin 435,118(74.0) 169,353 (80.7) 53,567 (78.2) 124,619 (78.2)
ACEI 247,882(42.2) 88,085 (41.9) 27,585 (40.3) 66,292 (41.6)
ARB 191,602(32.6) 73,101 (34.8) 25,548 (37.3) 58,944 (37.0)
Beta Blocker 251,746(42.8) 129,870 (61.8) 51,161 (74.7) 87,119 (54.6)
Oral Anticoagulant 58,703(10.0) 33,663 (16.0) 19,959 (29.1) 21,999 (13.8)
DCSI Score 1.88 (1.83) 3.34 (1.77) 4.13 (1.78) 3.30 (1.91)
Cardiovascular Disease 229,516(39.1) 181,179 (86.3) 66,469 (97.0) 82,556 (51.8)
Cerebrovascular Disease 58,244(9.9) 55,380 (26.4) 13,262 (19.4) 21,308 (13.4)
Metabolic Disease 18,031(3.1) 9,039 (4.3) 4,307 (6.3) 7,661 (4.8)
Neuropathy 169,555(28.9) 78,429 (37.4) 28,340 (41.4) 58,205 (36.5)
Peripheral Vascular Disease 105,680(18.0) 74,753 (35.6) 22,744 (33.2) 40,126 (25.2)
Retinopathy 100,014(17.0) 42,574 (20.3) 15,280 (22.3) 36,180 (22.7)
Nephropathy 159,436(27.1) 74,585(35.5) 34,234(50.0) 159,436(100)

Data represent mean (SD) for age, median (IQR) for neighborhood income, and number (percent) for other variables. Abbreviations: ASCVD, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; DPP-4, dipeptidyl peptidase-4; ACEI, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB, angiotensin receptor II blocker; DCSI, diabetes complications and severity index.