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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Obes Metab. 2018 Oct 11;21(2):434–438. doi: 10.1111/dom.13531

Table 2:

Propensity score matched resultsa

No. of patientsb HR (95%CI) Excess risk (95% CI)c
SGLT2 inhibitors v DPP4 inhibitors (primary analysis)
Female
 Genital infections (composite) 129,994 2.80 (2.63, 2.99) 87.6 (79.1, 96.7)
 Canclidal genital infections 3.35 (3.05, 3.67) 53.1 (46.4, 60.4)
Male
 Genital infections (composite) 156,074 2.66 (2.30, 3.08) 11.9 (9.4, 15.0)
 Canclidal genital infections 3.35 (2.28, 4.91) 2.4 (1.3, 4.1)
SGLT2 inhibitors v GLP1 agonists
Female
 Genital infections (composite) 142,992 2.91 (2.73, 3.10) 91.0 (82.4, 100.3)
 Candidal genital infections 3.60 (3.28, 3.95) 55.5 (48.7, 62.9)
Male
 Genital infections (composite) 139,398 2.85 (2.42, 3.35) 12.9 (9.9, 16.4)
 Candidal genital infections 3.28 (2.18, 4.94) 2.5 (1.3, 4.2)
SGLT2 inhibitors v DPP4 inhibitors; Age ≥ 60
Female
 Genital infections (composite) 37,764 4.45 (3.83, 5.17) 90.0 (73.9, 108.7)
 Candidal genital infections 5.28 (4.28, 6.52) 54.6 (41.8, 70.4)
Male
 Genital infections (composite) 43,078 3.30 (2.56, 4.25) 18.5 (12.6, 26.2)
 Candidal genital infections 4.31 (2.16, 8.59) 3.4 (1.2, 7.8)
Canagliflozin v Dapagliflozin
Female
 Genital infections (composite) 49,764 0.90 (0.83, 0.97) −12.0 (−20.3, −1.1)
 Candidal genital infections 0.93 (0.84, 1.03) −4.5 (−10.7, 2.3)
Male
 Genital infections (composite) 63,352 0.99 (0.83, 1.17) −0.1 (−2.8, 3.0)
 Candidal genital infections 1.01 (0.69, 1.46) 0.0 (−1.0, 1.7)
Canagliflozin v Empagliflozin
Female
 Genital infections (composite) 40,336 0.97 (0.89, 1.05) −4.0 (−14.9, 7.9)
 Candidal genital infections 0.96 (0.86, 1.07) −2.9 (−11.1, 6.3)
Male
 Genital infections (composite) 51,678 0.97 (0.80, 1.16) −0.6 (−4.0, 3.4)
 Candidal genital infections 0.70 (0.42, 1.15) −0.9 (−1.7, 0.5)

Abbreviations: GLP1: Glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist; SGLT2: sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors; DPP-4: Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors

a

Pooled result are reported, see supplement for database specific estimates

b

in both the SGLT2 and comparator group

c

Represents the number of additional cases of genital infections due to SGLT2 inhibitors initiations per 1,000 person years of follow-up