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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Decis Making. 2019 Feb 15;39(3):239–252. doi: 10.1177/0272989X19829735
Covariate Person 1
High consideration for cost and CVD
(weight of 1)
Without normalized disability
weight
Person1
High consideration for cost and CVD
(weight of 1)
With normalized disability weight
Sex Male Male
Age 63 63
Race Hispanic Hispanic
SBP (mmHg) 134.7 134.7
Statin use No No
Anticoagulant use No No
BP medication use Yes Yes
Currently smoking No No
Oral diabetes medication use Yes Yes
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 181 (4.8 mmol/L) 181 (4.8 mmol/L)
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) 61 (1.4 mmol/L) 61 (1.4 mmol/L)
Hemoglobin A1c (%) 6.1 (51.5 mmol/mol) 6.1 (51.5 mmol/mol)
Serum creatinine (mg/DL) 0.63 (53.0 μmol/L) 0.63 (53.0 μmol/L)
Urine albumin creatinine ratio (mg/g) 301.6 301.6
CVD history No No
CVD risk (10-yr risk, %)
  Myocardial infarction 4 4
  Stroke 1 1
Microvascular risk (10-yr risk, %)
  Nephropathy 5 5
  Retinopathy 6 6
  Neuropathy 6 6
Drug ranking score (95% CI) based on network meta-analysis12*
1st SU
1.0 [0.71,1.28]
SGLT-2-i
1.0 [0.77, 1.23]
2nd TZD
0.90 [0.56, 1.27]
SU
0.81 [0.37, 1.25]
3rd SGLT-2-i
0.87 [0.72,1.02]
TZD
0.79 [0.41,1.18]
4th Basal insulin
0.81 [0.31, 1.29]
GLP-1
0.78 [0.73, 1.26]
5th DPP-4
0.77 [0.45, 1.02]
Basal insulin
0.78 [0.16, 1.37]
6th GLP-1
0.62 [0.26, 0.99]
DPP-4
0.77 [0.36, 1.17]
*

Drug ranking scores were normalized by the best ranking score. Score of 1 refers to the best ranking score, and the scores for other drugs are ranking scores relative the best ranking score. 95% confidence intervals were generated based on the uncertainty around the treatment effect estimates from the network meta-analysis.

TZD: Thiazolidinedione; SU: Sulfonylurea; GLP-1RA; GLP-1 agonist; SGLT-2-I; SGLT-2 inhibitor; DPP-4-I; DPP-4 inhibitor