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. 2020 May 24;8(1):e001238. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2020-001238

Table 2.

Associations between patient characteristics at medication initiation and subsequent genital infections with SGLT2 and DPP4 inhibitors


SGLT2i
(n=21 008)
HR (95% CI) P value
DPP4i
(n=55 481)
HR (95% CI) P value
Age (years) 0.99 (0.99 to 1.00) p=0.069 0.98 (0.98 to 0.99) p<0.001
Female 3.66 (3.24 to 4.13) p<0.001 4.05 (3.51 to 4.66) p<0.001
Duration of diabetes (Reference group: <5 years)
 5–10 years 0.87 (0.77 to 0.98) p=0.024 1.01 (0.89 to 1.14) p=0.91
 >10 years 0.93 (0.81 to 1.06) p=0.24 1.05 (0.91 to 1.22) p=0.49
HbA1c (Reference group:<8.0% (<64 mmol/mol))
 8.0%–9.5% (64–80 mmol/mol) 1.11 (0.97 to 1.27) p=0.13 1.12 (0.98 to 1.27) p=0.108
 >9.5% (>80 mmol/mol) 0.95 (0.83 to 1.09) p=0.49 1.48 (1.29 to 1.71) p<0.001
eGFR (Reference group:>90 mL/min)
 60–90 mL/min 0.78 (0.56 to 1.08) p=0.13 0.76 (0.61 to 0.96) p=0.019
 <60 mL/min 1.01 (0.90 to 1.13) p=0.87 0.96 (0.85 to 1.09) p=0.57
BMI (Reference group: 25–30 kg/m2)
 <25 kg/m2 0.78 (0.55 to 1.10) p=0.15 0.70 (0.53 to 0.93) p=0.016
 >30 kg/m2 1.22 (1.07 to 1.39) p=0.005 1.29 (1.13 to 1.48) p<0.001
Previous genital mycosis (Reference group: no previous infection)
 <1 year 4.47 (3.81 to 5.24) p<0.001 8.90 (7.67 to 10.34) p<0.001
 1–5 years 3.04 (2.64 to 3.51) p<0.001 4.13 (3.54 to 4.82) p<0.001
 >5 years 1.77 (1.53 to 2.04) p<0.001 2.00 (1.68 to 2.38) p<0.001
C-statistic 0.76 0.82

BMI, body mass index; DDP4i, dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; HR, hazard ratio; SGTL2, sodium-glucose co-transporter-2.