Table 2. Comparison of diabetes complications and mortality by prescription status.
Unknown cause of death refers to those who died outside of the hospital, and other cause of death refers to causes other than those stated.
DKA, diabetic ketoacidosis; GLP-1RA, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists; SGLT2I, sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors
| SGLT2I and/or GLP-1RA | P-value | ||
| Non-users, n (%) | Users, n (%) | ||
| 2,076 (75.6) | 670 (24.4) | ||
| Diabetes-related complications | |||
| DKA without coma | 65 (3.1) | 9 (1.3) | 0.76 |
| Chronic kidney disease | 144 (6.9) | 46 (6.9) | 1 |
| Other kidney complication | 44 (2.1) | 26 (3.9) | 0.66 |
| Retinopathy | 13 (0.6) | 3 (0.5) | 0.98 |
| Neuropathy | 75 (3.6) | 20 (3) | 0.9 |
| Peripheral artery disease without gangrene | 22 (1.1) | 15 (2.2) | 0.79 |
| Foot ulcer | 39 (1.9) | 8 (1.2) | 0.89 |
| No complications | 1,674 (80.6) | 543 (81) | 0.84 |
| Mortality | |||
| Dead | 114 (5.5) | 18 (2.7) | 0.61 |
| Alive | 1,962 (94.5) | 652 (97.3) | 0.004 |
| Cause of death | |||
| COVID-19 | 35 (30.7) | 5 (27.8) | 0.89 |
| Sepsis | 20 (17.5) | 1 (5.6) | 0.76 |
| Stroke | 15 (13.2) | 3 (16.7) | 0.87 |
| Cardiovascular | 10 (8.8) | 3 (16.7) | 0.7 |
| Cancer | 9 (7.9) | 3 (16.7) | 0.66 |
| Other | 14 (12.3) | 0 | - |
| Unknown | 11 (9.6) | 3 (16.7) | 0.72 |