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. 2015 Oct 15;6(4):531–545. doi: 10.1007/s13300-015-0138-7

Table 2.

Baseline anti-hyperglycemic medications

Baseline anti-hyperglycemic medication All patients (n = 204) Type 2 cohort (n = 175) Type 1/LADA cohort (n = 29) Insulin cohort (n = 180) Naïve cohort (n = 24)
Basal insulin dose (U/day)
 Patient reporteda 53 ± 28 39 ± 17 51 ± 27
 Lower limit prescribed 56 ± 31 41 ± 16 54 ± 30
 Upper limit prescribed 60 ± 31 49 ± 22 58 ± 30
 Prescribed range 12–120 18–100 12–220
Insulin TDD (U/day)
 Patient reporteda 78 ± 46 69 ± 31 77 ± 44
 Lower limit prescribed 86 ± 50 86 ± 35 86 ± 48
 Upper limit prescribed 98 ± 55 104 ± 41 99 ± 53
 Prescribed range 16–310 31–180 16–310
Concomitant medicationsb
 Metformin 89 (44) 80 (46) 9 (31) 77 (43) 12 (50)
 Sulfonylurea 43 (21) 40 (23) 3 (10) 34 (19) 9 (38)
 GLP-1 receptor agonist 40 (20 37 (21) 3 (10) 38 (21) 2 (8)
 DPP-4 inhibitor 18 (9) 18 (10) 0 (0) 16 (9) 2 (8)
 DPP-4 I/Metformin 17 (8) 17 (10) 0 (0) 12 (7) 5 (21)
 SGLT-2 inhibitor 11 (5) 10 (6) 1 (3) 10 (6) 1 (4)
 TZD 8 (4) 8 (5) 0 (0) 8 (4) 0 (0)

Data are n (%) or mean ± SD

DDP-4 dipeptidyl peptidase-4, GLP-1 glucagon-like peptide-1, LADA latent autoimmune diabetes in adults, SGLT-2 sodium-glucose co-transporter-2, TDD total daily dose, TZD thiazolidinedione

aPatient reported mean insulin doses reflective for 121, 23, and 142 patients in type 2, type 1/LADA, and insulin cohorts, respectively

bConcomitant medications prescribed for <2% of population not included. Multiple medications are possible per patient