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. 2020 Mar 28;37(9):1499–1508. doi: 10.1111/dme.14290

Table 2.

Characteristics of participants for SGLT‐2i cardiovascular outcomes trials and people in the RCGP RSC population that met inclusion criteria for each trial

Characteristic* CANVAS Program (canagliflozin) DECLARE‐TIMI 58 (dapagliflozin) EMPA‐REG OUTCOME (empagliflozin) VERTIS CV (ertugliflozin)

CANVAS participants

(N = 5795)

RCGP RSC – CANVAS inclusion criteria

(N = 14 227)

DECLARE participants

(N = 8582)

RCGP RSC ‐ DECLARE inclusion criteria

(N = 22 651)

EMPA‐REG participants§

(N = 4687)

RCGP RSC ‐ EMPA‐REG inclusion criteria

(N = 5628)

RCGP RSC ‐ VERTIS inclusion criteria

(N = 6119)

Age (years) 63.2 ± 8.3 69.9 ± 10.7 63.9 ± 6.8 69.3 ± 8.8 63.1 ± 8.6 71.8 ± 10.5 71.8 ± 10.5
Men 3759 (64.9) 9298 (65.4) 5411 (63.1) 14 162 (62.5) 3336 (71.2) 3950 (70.2) 4311 (70.5)
HbA1c % 8.2 ± 0.9 8.1 ± 0.9 8.3 ± 1.2 7.7 ± 1.3 8.1 ± 0.9 7.9 ± 0.8 8.0 ± 0.9
mmol/mol 66 ± 10 65 ± 10 67 ± 13 61 ± 14 65 ± 9 63 ± 8 64 ± 10
BMI (kg/m2) 31.9 ± 5.9 31.1 ± 6.1 32.1 ± 6.0 31.1 ± 6.2 30.6 ± 5.3 30.3 ± 5.3 30.7 ± 5.9
SBP (mmHg) 136.4 ± 15.8 134.5 ± 15.4 135.1 ± 15.3 133.5 ± 14.1 135.3 ± 16.9 131.7 ± 15.2 131.9 ± 15.5
DBP (mmHg) 77.6 ± 9.6 74.0 ± 9.6 NR 74.5 ± 9.1 76.6 ± 9.7 72.4 ± 9.5 72.2 ± 9.7
Hypertension¶ 5188 (89.5) 10 705 (75.2) 6977 (81.3) 18 525 (81.8) 4446 (94.9) 4046 (71.9) 4438 (72.5)
eGFR (ml min−1 1.73 m−2) 76.7 ± 20.3 76.0 ± 21.0 85.4 ± 15.8 83.8 ± 12.7 74.2 ± 21.6 72.7 ± 20.8 70.5 ± 23.0
Ethnicity
White 4508 (77.8) 10 222 (71.8) 6843 (79.7) 16 152 (71.3) 3403 (72.6) 4142 (73.6) 4491 (73.4)
Non‐white‖ 1287 (22.2) 1896 (13.3) 1739 (20.3) 3095 (13.7) 1284 (27.4)** 609 (10.8) 679 (11.1)
Missing 2109 (14.8) 3404 (15.0) 877 (15.6) 949 (15.5)
Duration of diabetes (years)
Mean duration 13.5 ± 7.7 13.5 ± 7.5 NR 10.4 ± 7.1 NR 13.0 ± 8.2 13.3 ± 8.4
Median duration (IQR) NR 12.9 (8.8–17.1) 11.0 (6.0–16.0) 9.7 (5.1–14.4) NR 12.1 (7.1–16.9) 12.4 (7.3–17.5)

CVD, cardiovascular disease; NR, not reported.

*

Unless specified, data are mean ± sd or n (%).

Pooled canagliflozin participants (100 and 300 mg doses) in CANVAS or CANVAS‐R trials.

Dapagliflozin participants (10 mg doses).

§

Pooled empagliflozin participants (10 and 25 mg doses).

Previous hypertension or on antihypertensive therapy.

Trial data includes Asian, black and other ethnicity; RCGP RSC includes Asian, black, mixed ethnicity, and other ethnicity.

**

EMPA‐REG trial included 41 participants categorised as ‘other/missing’ ethnicity.