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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
variable Person 1 Person 2 Person 3 Person 4
Sex Female Female Male Male
Age 47 44 63 66
Race Hispanic Black White Black
SBP (mmHg) 137 95 128 116
Statin use No No No No
Anticoagulant use No No No No
BP medication use No Yes Yes Yes
Currently smoking No Yes No No
Oral diabetes medication use No No No No
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 188 (4.9 mmol/L) 106 (2.7 mmol/L) 195 (5.1 mmol/L) 122 (3.2 mmol/L)
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) 44 (1.1 mmol/L) 36 (0.9 mmol/L) 69 (1.8 mmol/L) 25 (0.6 mmol/L)
Hemoglobin A1c (%) 7.5 (58.5 mmol/mol) 9.1 (76.0 mmol/mol) 8.0 (63.9 mmol/mol) 11.4 (101.1 mmol/mol)
Serum creatinine (mg/DL) 0.6 (53.0 μmol/L) 0.7 (61.9 μmol/L) 1.9 (168.0 μmol/L) 2.32 (205.1 μmol/L)
Urine albumin creatinine ratio (mg/g) 54.2 7.6 68.8 60.0
CVD history Yes Yes No Yes
CVD risk (10-yr risk, %) Low High Low High
  Myocardial infarction 8 12 7 56
  Stroke 2 2 5 34
Microvascular risk (10-yr risk, %) Low Low High High
  Nephropathy 8 7 23 58
  Retinopathy 6 5 17 26
  Neuropathy 7 7 16 23
Drug ranking score (95% CI) based on network meta-analysis12*
1st GLP-1RA
1.0 [0.48,1.69]
GLP-1RA
1.0 [0.48,1.71]
GLP-1RA
1.0 [0.47,1.70]
GLP-1RA
1.0 [0.52,1.98]
2nd Basal insulin
0.89 [0.48,1.51]
Basal insulin
0.89 [0.48,1.52]
Basal insulin
0.89 [0.49,1.52]
Basal insulin
0.86 [0.48,1.69]
3rd TZD
0.87 [0.73,1.26]
TZD
0.87 [0.73,1.26]
TZD
0.87 [0.73,1.26]
TZD
0.84 [0.71,1.32]
4th SGLT-2-i
0.85 [0.62,1.35]
SGLT-2-i
0.85 [0.62,1.35]
SGLT-2-i
0.85 [0.62,1.35]
SGLT-2-i
0.82 [0.59,1.44]
5th SU
0.85 [0.69,1.28]
SU
0.85 [0.69,1.28]
SU
0.85 [0.69,1.28]
SU
0.82 [0.68,1.34]
6th DPP-4-I
0.75 [0.57,1.28]
DPP-4-I
0.75 [0.56,1.29]
DPP-4-I
0.75 [0.57,1.29]
DPP-4-I
0.70 [0.55,1.41]
*

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