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. 2019 Jul 26;19:81. doi: 10.1186/s12902-019-0413-0

Table 2.

Male and female patient characteristics

Males Females P value
n = 1371 n = 741
Age (years) 76.4 ± 6.7 78.1 ± 7.6 < 0.001
  ≥ 65–< 75, n (%) 680 (49.6) 264 (35.6)
  ≥ 75, (n, %) 691 (50.4) 477 (64.4)
BMI (kg/m2) 23.1 ± 3.9 23.2 ± 4.6 0.28
  < 25, n (%) 999 (72.9) 507 (68.4)
  ≥ 25, n (%) 372 (27.1) 234 (31.6)
HbA1c (%) 7.1 ± 1.1 7.1 ± 1.4 0.24
  < 7%, n (%) 714 (52.1) 409 (55.2)
  ≥ 7%, n (%) 657 (47.9) 332 (44.8)
eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2) 54.3 ± 22.2 54.7 ± 22.0 0.35
Patients with fractures, n (%) 17 (1.2) 52 (7.0) < 0.001
Number of drugs being administered at the time of hospitalization (agents) 7.7 ± 3.9 7.7 ± 3.7 0.4
Patients not using hypoglycemic agent, n (%) 415 (30.3) 285 (38.4) < 0.001
Glinide, n (%) 0 0
SGLT2 inhibitors, n (%) 7 (0.5) 1 (0.1) 0.25
TZD, n (%) 109 (8.0) 39 (5.3) 0.04
αGI, n (%) 126 (9.2) 74 (10.0) 0.63
BG, n (%) 268 (19.5) 139 (18.8) 0.66
SU, n (%) 388 (28.3) 154 (20.8) 0.001
DPP-4 inhibitors, n (%) 609 (44.4) 295 (39.8) 0.06
GLP-1 receptor agonist, n (%) 26 (1.9) 13 (1.8) 0.84
Insulin, n (%) 295 (21.4) 145 (19.6) 0.38

Mean ± S.D., BMI (body mass index), HbA1c (hemoglobin A1c), eGFR (estimated glomerular filtration rate), SGLT2 inhibitors (sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors), TZD (thiazolidines), αGI (α-glucosidase inhibitors), BG (biguanides), SU (sulfonylureas), DPP-4 inhibitors (dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitors), GLP-1 receptor agonist (glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist)