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. 2021 Jan 13;372:m4573. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m4573

Table 1.

Summary of anticipated absolute differences comparing sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor treatment with placebo treatment per 1000 patients with diabetes type 2 and with very low to very high cardiovascular risk, treated for five years

Risk* All cause mortality Cardiovascular mortality Non-fatal myocardial infarction Non-fatal stroke Kidney failure Hospital admission for heart failure Diabetic ketoacidosis Genital infection Body weight
Very low 3 fewer
(4 fewer to 2 fewer)
⊕⊕⊕
2 fewer
(3 fewer to 1 fewer)
⊕⊕⊕
4 fewer
(6 fewer to 1 fewer)
⊕⊕⊕
0 more
(3 fewer to 4 more)
⊕⊕⊕
1 fewer
(1 fewer to 0)
⊕⊕⊕
2 fewer
(2 fewer to 1 fewer)
⊕⊕⊕
0
(1 fewer to 2 more)
⊕⊕⊕
143 more
(119 more to 170 more)
⊕⊕⊕⊕
1.92 kg lower
(2.23 lower to 1.62 lower) over 6 months
⊕⊕
Low 10 fewer
(15 fewer to 6 fewer)
⊕⊕⊕⊕
7 fewer
(11 fewer to 4 fewer)
⊕⊕⊕⊕
7 fewer
(12 fewer to 2 fewer)
⊕⊕⊕⊕
1 more
(6 fewer to 8 more)
⊕⊕⊕⊕
3 fewer
(4 fewer to 1 fewer)
⊕⊕⊕⊕
9 fewer
(11 fewer to 7 fewer)
⊕⊕⊕⊕
Moderate 18 fewer
(25 fewer to 10 fewer)
⊕⊕⊕⊕
12 fewer
(18 fewer to 6 fewer)
⊕⊕⊕⊕
13 fewer
(21 fewer to 3 fewer)
⊕⊕⊕⊕
1 more
(11 fewer to 13 more)
⊕⊕⊕⊕
6 fewer
(9 fewer to 2 fewer)
⊕⊕⊕⊕
23 fewer
(28 fewer to 17 fewer)
⊕⊕⊕⊕
High 26 fewer
(36 fewer to 14 fewer)
⊕⊕⊕⊕
16 fewer
(25 fewer to 8 fewer)
⊕⊕⊕⊕
14 fewer
(23 fewer to 3 fewer)
⊕⊕⊕⊕
1 more
(12 fewer to 15 more)
⊕⊕⊕⊕
25 fewer
(37 fewer to 9 fewer)
⊕⊕⊕⊕
29 fewer
(36 fewer to 22 fewer)
⊕⊕⊕⊕
Very high 40 fewer
(56 fewer to 21 fewer)
⊕⊕⊕⊕
24 fewer
(36 fewer to 12 fewer)
⊕⊕⊕⊕
21 fewer
(34 fewer to 5 fewer)
⊕⊕⊕⊕
2 more
(17 fewer to 21 more)
⊕⊕⊕⊕
38 fewer
(58 fewer to 14 fewer)
⊕⊕⊕⊕
58 fewer
(73 fewer to 44 fewer)
⊕⊕⊕⊕
*

Risk categories represent the following patient populations: very low=no or less than three cardiovascular risk factors; low=three or more cardiovascular risk factors; moderate=cardiovascular disease; high=chronic kidney disease (reduced glomerular filtration rate or macroalbuminuria); very high=cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease.

Certainty of the evidence for each estimate is shown: high certainty ⊕⊕⊕⊕; moderate certainty ⊕⊕⊕; low certainty ⊕⊕; very low certainty ⊕.