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. 2020 Jun 22;10:10070. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-66668-5

Table 1.

Characteristics of second-generation sulfonylurea users in Medicaid and Optum.

Medicaid Optum
Users, N 624,406 491,940
Person-years of follow-up, sum, among all users 201,183 197,848
Days of follow-up, median (5th, 95th percentile), per user 46 (1, 428) 76 (3, 532)
Proportion of follow-up time covered by days’ supply of sulfonylurea dispensings, median (5th, 95th percentile) 87.1 (67.4, 100.0) 88.3 (67.4, 100.0)
Demographics Group % (unless otherwise noted)
Age, in years, at cohort entry Median (Q1-Q3) 57.8 (48.1–67.1) 58.2 (49.8–66.8)
Sex Female 59.8 43.9
Race/Ethnicity White 34.6 56.9
Black 18.7 13.3
Hispanic/Latino 23.7 15.4
Asian 6.4 3.7
Unknown/Missing/Other 16.6 10.7
State of residence CA 45.0 unavailable
FL 11.9
NY 27.1
OH 8.8
PA 7.2
Census level New England 0.0 2.6
Middle Atlantic 34.3 4.8
East North Central 8.8 13.1
West North Central 0.0 8.1
South Atlantic 11.9 27.6
East South Central 0.0 4.7
West South Central 0.0 16.5
Mountain 0.0 6.8
Pacific 45.0 15.2
Unknown 0.0 0.6
Education level Less than 12th Grade unavailable 1.9
High School Diploma 37.4
Less than Bachelor Degree 44.9
Bachelor Degree Plus 7.7
Unknown 8.1
Housing Probable Homeowner unavailable 69.1
Unknown 30.9
Household income <$40K unavailable 18.1
$40K-$49K 6.9
$50K-$59K 6.6
$60K-$74K 8.5
$75K-$99K 10.8
$100K +  16.9
Unknown 32.1
Total net worth of the primary customer <$25K unavailable 11.3
$25K-$149K 21.3
$150K-$249K 14.5
$250K-$499K 21.6
$500K +  14.5
Unknown 16.8
Calendar year of cohort entry 2000 6.3 -
2001 7.6 3.3
2002 7.8 4.1
2003 7.6 3.9
2004 6.3 4.1
2005 8.1 12.6
2006 11.2 6.9
2007 7.6 6.2
2008 6.3 7.4
2009 7.1 6.4
2010 8.4 6.6
2011 7.4 6.9
2012 8.3 6.8
2013 unavailable 6.5
2014 5.6
2015 6.0
2016 6.5
Medicare enrolled Yes 48.7 30.5
Nursing home residence ever during baseline Yes 6.0 1.3
Healthcare use intensity measures, in baseline period* Group Measure of central tendency
No. prescriptions dispensed, total Median (Q1-Q3) 37.0 (9.0–78.0) 19.0 (4.0–41.0)
No. prescriptions dispensed, by unique drug Median (Q1-Q3) 11.0 (5.0–19.0) 6.0 (3.0–11.0)
No. outpatient diagnosis codes, total Median (Q1-Q3) 29.0 (10.0–69.0) 19.0 (6.0–40.0)
No. outpatient diagnosis codes, by unique code Median (Q1-Q3) 11.0 (5.0–21.0) 10.0 (4.0–16.0)
No. outpatient CPT-4/HCPCS codes, total Median (Q1-Q3) 34.0 (12.0–78.0) 21.0 (7.0–42.0)
No. outpatient CPT-4/HCPCS codes, by unique code Median (Q1-Q3) 21.0 (9.0–40.0) 14.0 (6.0–26.0)
Other investigator pre-defined covariates, in baseline period Group %
Disorders of lipid metabolism Yes 42.5 56.7
Rheumatic heart disease, chronic Yes 2.3 1.2
Hypertensive disease Yes 57.9 60.5
Ischemic heart disease Yes 20.9 14.3
Conduction disorders Yes 2.0 1.6
Heart failure/cardiomyopathy Yes 12.8 5.9
Cardiomegaly Yes 5.8 3.0
Congenital anomalies of the heart, other Yes 1.3 0.4
Implantable cardioverter defibrillator/pacemaker use Yes 0.9 0.8
Kidney disease Yes 16.2 13.6
Depression Yes 24.6 13.9
Obesity Yes 11.7 14.1
Tobacco use Yes 8.6 8.9
Alcohol abuse Yes 3.3 1.3
Hypoglycemia, serious Yes 2.2 0.6
Diabetes mellitus, type 2 Yes 95.1 97.9
Adapted Diabetes Complications Severity Index 0 50.7 61.1
1 12.5 14.1
2 14.6 12.0
3 6.8 5.1
4 5.8 3.5
5+ 9.5 4.1
Drugs in the 30 days prior to cohort entry** Group %
alpha-glucosidase inhibitor Yes 0.3 0.1
amylin analog Yes 0.0 0.0
dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor Yes 1.9 3.6
glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist Yes 0.2 1.0
insulin Yes 7.8 3.8
metformin Yes 22.3 24.4
meglitinide Yes 1.0 0.4
sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor§ Yes 0.0 0.3
thiazolidinedione Yes 7.8 5.5
CYP2C9 inhibitor Yes 4.8 2.7
CYP3A4 inhibitor Yes 3.7 2.1
CYP2C9 inducer Yes 0.9 0.2
CYP3A4 inducer Yes 6.2 3.7
drug with known risk of TdP§§ Yes 9.0 6.3
drug with known, possible, or conditional risk of TdP§§ Yes 44.9 32.1
≥ 5 prescription dispensings for unique drugs Yes 39.9 21.7
Laboratory covariates, in baseline period Group %
Blood glucose No lab ever in past unavailable 51.2
No lab in 1-year baseline 23.5
Normal 8.2
Low abnormal 0.2
High abnormal 16.9
Hemoglobin A1C No lab ever in past 51.2
No lab in 1-year baseline 26.0
Normal 6.0
Low abnormal 0.0
High abnormal 16.8
Serum creatinine No lab ever in past 51.2
No lab in 1-year baseline 23.3
Normal 19.5
Low abnormal 3.4
High abnormal 2.5
Hematocrit No lab ever in past 51.2
No lab in 1-year baseline 30.4
Normal 16.2
Low abnormal 1.9
High abnormal 0.2
Hemoglobin No lab ever in past 51.2
No lab in 1-year baseline 30.5
Normal 15.7
Low abnormal 2.2
High abnormal 0.4
Hypoglycemia, laboratory measured, alert value No lab ever in past 51.2
No lab in 1-year baseline 23.5
No alert value 24.8
Alert value 0.5
Hypoglycemia, laboratory measured, clinically significant value No lab ever in past 51.2
No glucose in 1-year baseline 23.5
No clinically significant value 25.2
Clinically significant value 0.2

CA = California; CPT = Current Procedural Terminology; CYP = cytochrome P450; FL = Florida; HCPCS = Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System; ICD = International Classification of Diseases; NY = New York; OH = Ohio; PA = Pennsylvania; Q = quartile; TdP = torsade de pointes

See Supplementary Table 1 and Supplementary Table 2 for intra-database comparisons of characteristics by individual sulfonylurea.

*The following healthcare utilization covariates were excluded from presentation in the table, as their median values were zero for each sulfonylurea: #inpatient ICD-9 diagnosis codes; #unique inpatient ICD-9 diagnosis codes; #inpatient ICD-9 procedure codes; #unique inpatient ICD-9 procedure codes; #inpatient CPT/HCPCS procedure codes; #unique inpatient CPT/HCPCS procedure codes; #outpatient ICD-9 procedure codes; #unique outpatient ICD-9 procedure codes; #other setting ICD-9 diagnosis codes; #unique other setting ICD-9 diagnosis codes; #other setting ICD-9 procedure codes; #unique other setting ICD-9 procedure codes; #laboratory LOINC codes (Optum only); #unique laboratory LOINC codes (Optum only).

**Antimicrobial drugs in each category were examined within 14 (rather than 30) days prior to cohort entry; these agents are typically prescribed for acute conditions.

Defined by ratio of type 1 (e.g., ICD-9 250.X1 or 250.X3) to type 2 (e.g., ICD-9 250.X0 or 250.X2) codes ≤0.5, ascertained during baseline and on cohort entry date.

Prespecified covariate not forced into propensity score, but included as a categorical variable in outcome model.

§Not marketed during years of study in Medicaid analysis.

§§Per CredibleMeds (AZCERT Inc.: Oro Valley, AZ).