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. 2009 Mar;58(3):745–749. doi: 10.2337/db08-1028

TABLE 5.

Cofactors by the rs2289669 polymorphism

GG GA AA
Sex (male) 18 (50) 22 (38) 7 (33)
Age (years) 75.3 ± 7.0 77.9 ± 6.5 75.6 ± 6.1
A1C level before start (%) 8.3 ± 0.9 8.3 ± 1.4 8.4 ± 1.1
Prescribed metformin dose (mg) 853 ± 476 662 ± 262 757 ± 320
Sulfonylurea use (%) 22 (61) 33 (57) 13 (62)
Change in sulfonylurea dose (DDD)* −0.01 ± 0.53 −0.17 ± 0.61 −0.27 ± 0.52
Time from diabetes diagnosis (years) 5.5 ± 4.4 5.6 ± 4.8 4.7 ± 3.7
Estimated glomerular filtration rate (ml/min) 74 ± 19 68 ± 17 68 ± 14
BMI (kg/m2) 28.9 ± 3.9 28.1 ± 3.8 27.6 ± 3.2

Data are means ± SD or n (%).

*

P = 0.08 for trend. DDD, defined daily dose.