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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 4.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2020 Jan 14;172(3):186–194. doi: 10.7326/M19-2610

Table 3.

Gout Rate Within Various Subgroups After Propensity Score Matching

Subgroup GLP1 Agonist SGLT2 Inhibitor
Men
 Patients, n 57 807 57 807
 Person-years, n 42 336 51 024
 Events, n 397 325
 Rate per 1000 person-years 9.38 6.37
 HR (95% CI) Reference 0.69 (0.60–0.80)
Women
 Patients, n 61 294 61 294
 Person-years, n 42 986 47 972
 Events, n 262 167
 Rate per 1000 person-years 6.10 3.48
 HR (95% CI) Reference 0.57 (0.47–0.69)
Age ≤60 y
 Patients, n 90 733 90 733
 Person-years, n 63 850 75 702
 Events, n 450 342
 Rate per 1000 person-years 7.05 4.52
 HR (95% CI) Reference 0.64 (0.56–0.74)
Age >60 y
 Patients, n 31 248 31 248
 Person-years, n 23 491 25 151
 Events, n 238 170
 Rate per 1000 person-years 10.13 6.76
 HR (95% CI) Reference 0.67 (0.55–0.82)
Baseline diuretic use
 Patients, n 21 522 21 522
 Person-years, n 15 543 17 851
 Events, n 229 118
 Rate per 1000 person-years 14.73 6.61
 HR (95% CI) Reference 0.45 (0.36–0.56)
No baseline diuretic use
 Patients, n 97 936 97 936
 Person-years, n 70 227 81 070
 Events, n 427 363
 Rate per 1000 person-years 6.08 4.48
 HR (95% CI) Reference 0.74 (0.64–0.85)

GLP1 = glucagon-like peptide-1; HR = hazard ratio; SGLT2 = sodium–glucose cotransporter-2.