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. 2018 Apr 4;41(6):1196–1203. doi: 10.2337/dc17-2212

Table 2.

Incidence rate and HR for acute pancreatitis by study cohort, overall and stratified by follow-up time

Analysis Cohort No. of patients AP events Follow-up years
AP rate per 1,000 person-years (95% CI) HR (95% CI)
Total Median (IQR) Crude Weighted
Overall
DPP-4I 49,374 150 74,021 1.05 (0.60–2.03) 2.0 (1.7–2.4) 1.00 (0.83–1.20) 1.01 (0.83–1.24)
SU 132,223 467 230,484 1.24 (0.67–2.43) 2.0 (1.9–2.2) 1.00 1.00
Stratified by follow-up time
 0–1 year DPP-4I 49,374 70 39,207 1.00 (0.60–1.00) 1.8 (1.4–2.3) 0.89 (0.68–1.17) 0.94 (0.70–1.25)
SU 132,223 218 108,823 1.00 (0.67–1.00) 2.0 (1.8–2.3) 1.00 1.00
 1–2 years DPP-4I 25,636 44 18,255 0.97 (0.40–1.00) 2.4 (1.8–3.2) 1.09 (0.78–1.54) 1.07 (0.73–1.56)
SU 76,329 126 57,109 1.00 (0.48–1.00) 2.2 (1.9–2.6) 1.00 1.00
 >2 years DPP-4I 12,551 36 16,559 0.97 (0.45–1.88) 2.2 (1.6–3.0) 1.14 (0.79–1.65) 1.11 (0.74–1.67)
SU 41,304 123 64,553 1.24 (0.55–2.35) 1.9 (1.6–2.3) 1.00 1.00
Overall
DPP-4I 57,301 159 86,795 1.07 (0.64–2.03) 1.8 (1.6–2.1) 1.11 (0.85–1.43) 1.11 (0.76–1.62)
TZD 32,612 87 52,383 1.14 (0.70–2.09) 1.7 (1.3–2.0) 1.00 1.00
Stratified by follow-up time
 0–1 year DPP-4I 57,301 84 46,007 1.00 (0.64–1.00) 1.8 (1.5–2.3) 1.19 (0.82–1.73) 1.19 (0.71–2.01)
TZD 32,612 42 27,433 1.00 (0.70–1.00) 1.5 (1.1–2.1) 1.00 1.00
 1–2 years DPP-4I 30,289 39 21,382 0.94 (0.39–1.00) 1.8 (1.3–2.5) 1.22 (0.71–2.12) 1.05 (0.46–2.43)
TZD 18,215 19 12,741 0.93 (0.36–1.00) 1.5 (1.0–2.3) 1.00 1.00
 >2 years DPP-4I 14,537 36 19,406 0.99 (0.45–1.90) 1.9 (1.3–2.6) 0.87 (0.52–1.44) 0.93 (0.50–1.74)
TZD 8,672 26 12,209 1.08 (0.45–2.02) 2.1 (1.5–3.1) 1.00 1.00

AP, acute pancreatitis; IQR, interquartile range; SU, sulfonylurea.