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. 2021 Jan 20;44(3):e40–e41. doi: 10.2337/dc20-2798

Table 1.

Prebaseline characteristics and ASCVD outcomes of 233,696 patients with diabetes with or without SH events

No SH event (N = 231,517) SH event (N = 2,179)
A. Characteristics
Sex (female) 110,173 (47.6) 1,025 (47.0)
Age, years, mean (SD) 63.57 (13.5) 67.84 (15.0)
Age category, years
 18–40 10,869 (4.7) 115 (5.3)
 40–65 111,397 (48.1) 692 (31.8)
 65–75 60,518 (26.1) 582 (26.7)
 75–85 37,109 (16.0) 558 (25.6)
 >85 years 11,624 (5.0) 232 (10.6)
Race/ethnicity
 White 103,875 (44.9) 1,018 (46.7)
 African American 22,840 (9.9) 362 (16.6)
 Asian 47,946 (20.7) 243 (11.2)
 Latino 39,564 (17.1) 334 (15.3)
 Other/unknown 17,292 (7.5) 222 (10.2)
HbA1c (%), last prebaseline, mean (SD) 7.42 (1.50) 7.89 (1.89)
LDL-C (mg/dL), last, mean (SD) 87.28 (31.1) 82.57 (31.8)
BMI, kg/m2, mean (SD) 31.38 (7.17) 30.02 (7.26)
Diabetes, type 2 221,267 (95.6) 1,872 (85.9)
Medication use
 Insulin 55,846 (24.1) 1,515 (69.5)
 Sulfonylurea 90,745 (39.2) 952 (43.7)
 Other OHA 129,868 (56.1) 825 (37.9)
Smoking (ever) 95,627 (41.8) 1,119 (51.5)
Hypertension 199,758 (86.3) 2,028 (93.1)
Hyperlipidemia (low HDL, high TC) 54,681 (25.6) 392 (20.7)
Prevalent ASCVD 13,699 (5.9) 332 (15.2)
SH events in previous 2 years (yes/no) 1,831 (0.8) 287 (13.2)
Charlson comorbidity score (including DM), mean (SD) 2.43 (1.95) 4.22 (2.38)
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2), last prebaseline, mean (SD) 78.17 (24.0) 60.95 (29.3)
Resides in most deprived neighborhood quartile 47,932 (20.9) 529 (24.4)
B. ASCVD outcomes
Nonfatal MI 5,823 (2.5) 119 (5.5)
Nonfatal stroke 4835 (2.1) 110 (5.0)
CHD (fatal) 358 (0.2) 10 (0.5)
Stroke (fatal) 358 (0.2) 10 (0.5)

Data are n (%) unless otherwise indicated. In part A, all differences P < 0.0001 except sex, P = 0.61. In part B, all differences P < 0.0001 except stroke, P = 0.0004. Outcomes from baseline to end of follow-up. DM, diabetes; CHD, coronary heart disease; MI, myocardial infarction, OHA, oral hypoglycemic agent; TC, total cholesterol.