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. 2014 Aug 1;17(4):218–223. doi: 10.1089/pop.2013.0099

Table 2.

Category of Medication and Type of Oral Diabetes Medication Related to Getting to Goal for HbA1c Among Patients Adherent to Their Medication, Unadjusted

  HbA1c≤7% HbA1c>7% P value
Category of Medication     < 0.001
 Insulin only 54.7 % 26.3 %  
 Single oral medication only 34.7 % 43.6 %  
 Multiple oral medications 3.3 % 7.3 %  
 Oral medications and insulin 7.3 % 22.9 %  
Type of oral diabetes medication*
 Combination sulfonylureas 83.5 % 79.7 % < 0.001
 Combination DPP-4 inhibitors 3.6 % 4.9 % < 0.001
 DPP-4 Inhibitors 9.6 % 17.1 % < 0.001
 GLP-1 agonists 2.2 % 5.0 % < 0.001
 Sulfonylureas 38.0 % 55.8 % < 0.001
 Other oral diabetes medications 0.2 % 0.1 % 0.02
*

Percentages do not sum to 1 because members can be on more than 1 oral medication.