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. 2019 Aug 27;28(12):1620–1628. doi: 10.1002/pds.4887

Table 1.

Unadjusted incidence rate of DKA in prespecified AHA new‐user cohorts

Database Broad T2DM Definition Narrow T2DM Definition
N of Events Time‐at‐Risk (PY) Incidence Rate (per 1000 PY) N of Events Time‐at‐Risk (PY) Incidence Rate (per 1000 PY)
SGLT2 inhibitor CCAE 638 227 079 2.81 218 189 129 1.15
MDCD 107 12 106 8.84 32 8180 3.91
MDCR 74 26 944 2.75 37 22 187 1.67
Optum 324 98 642 3.28 131 82 051 1.60
Canagliflozin CCAE 423 140 041 3.02 144 115 704 1.24
MDCD 98 10 351 9.47 29 6995 4.15
MDCR 53 20 688 2.56 25 16 879 1.48
Optum 240 72 659 3.30 97 60 110 1.61
Dapagliflozin CCAE 168 72 030 2.33 58 60 923 0.95
MDCD 10 1525 6.56 2 1019 1.96
MDCR 18 4632 3.89 9 3864 2.33
Optum 57 16 815 3.39 19 13 955 1.36
Empagliflozin CCAE 123 44 572 2.76 48 38 471 1.25
MDCD 5 625 8.01 1 441 2.27
MDCR 9 3380 2.66 5 2991 1.67
Optum 49 16 319 3.00 25 14 246 1.75
SU CCAE 542 231 396 2.34 193 190 197 1.01
MDCD 299 40 760 7.34 102 26 348 3.87
MDCR 108 59 518 1.81 56 50 826 1.10
Optum 470 180 646 2.60 225 151 094 1.49
DPP‐4 inhibitor CCAE 468 214 243 2.18 171 178 003 0.96
MDCD 209 28 941 7.22 76 19 578 3.88
MDCR 121 60 529 2.00 57 50 533 1.13
Optum 425 151 705 2.80 180 125 001 1.44
GLP‐1 receptor agonist CCAE 300 133 250 2.25 111 105 848 1.05
MDCD 126 13 558 9.29 45 8019 5.61
MDCR 31 17 271 1.79 12 13 375 0.90
Optum 196 67 369 2.91 73 53 047 1.38
TZD CCAE 138 51 441 2.68 53 43 015 1.23
MDCD 63 7287 8.65 24 4892 4.91
MDCR 29 11 871 2.44 16 10 168 1.57
Optum 137 48 123 2.85 58 40 731 1.42
Insulin CCAE 857 166 653 5.14 255 118 292 2.16
MDCD 741 46 830 15.82 212 26 693 7.94
MDCR 205 53 219 3.85 98 35 975 2.72
Optum 739 133 720 5.53 328 97 800 3.35
Metformin CCAE 1069 497 877 2.15 327 404 839 0.81
MDCD 627 81 106 7.73 143 49 317 2.90
MDCR 144 104 142 1.38 68 90 540 0.75
Optum 713 353 587 2.02 273 294 680 0.93
Other AHAsa CCAE 25 14 156 1.77 12 11 313 1.06
MDCD 12 1335 8.99 3 843 3.56
MDCR 25 7160 3.49 12 5471 2.19
Optum 52 14 162 3.67 20 11 270 1.77

Abbreviations: AHA, antihyperglycemic agent; CCAE, IBM® MarketScan® Commercial Database; DKA, diabetic ketoacidosis; DPP‐4, dipeptidyl peptidase‐4; GLP‐1, glucagon‐like peptide‐1; MDCD, IBM® MarketScan® Multi‐State Medicaid Database; MDCR, IBM® MarketScan® Medicare Supplemental Database; Optum, Optum© De‐identified Clinformatics® Data Mart Database; PY, patient‐years; SGLT2, sodium glucose co‐transporter 2; SU, sulfonylurea; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; TZD, thiazolidinedione.

a

Includes acarbose, miglitol, nateglinide, and repaglinide.