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. 2021 May 4;16(5):e0250993. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250993

Table 2. Difference-in-difference regression results.

Difference-in-difference estimators
Outcomes Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
ATT SE ATT SE ATT SE
Adherence and Persistence
Proportion of days covered 0.22*** 0.02 0.25*** 0.02 0.29*** 0.03
Days until discontinuationa 119.04*** 8.31 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Indicators for health care utilization
Outpatient cases -0.16 0.63 0.54 0.63 0.52 0.63
 due to diabetes -0.07 0.28 0.17 0.29 -0.02 0.29
Pharmaceutical prescriptions -4.02*** 1.07 -3.48*** 1.14 -4.87*** 1.77
 due to diabetes -4.59*** 0.20 -3.66*** 0.27 -3.27*** 0.23
Proportion with emergency visits 0.02 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.04
 due to T2Dcomorbidities 0.01 0.02 -0.01 0.02 0.01 0.02
Therapeutic safety
Proportion with adverse drug events 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.01 0.03
Comorbidities
Proportion with microangiopathic complications
 Eye complication 0.00 0.04 -0.03 0.04 -0.07 0.05
 Renal failure 0.00 0.03 0.01 0.04 -0.02 0.04
 Diabetic foot syndrome/ Periphere neuropathy 0.02 0.04 0.03 0.04 -0.02 0.05
Proportion with macroangiopathic complications
 Myocardial infarction 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02
 Ischemic heart disease 0.00 0.03 -0.02 0.03 -0.01 0.04
 Angina pectoris 0.00 0.02 0.01 0.02 -0.01 0.03
 Heart failure 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02
 Cerebrovascular disease 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.02 -0.01 0.03
Treatment modificationb
Proportion with alternative
 Oral antidiabetics 0.00 0.03 0.02 0.04 -0.01 0.03
 Insulins 0.03** 0.01 0.03 0.03 -0.03 0.04

ATT: Average treatment effect on the treated represents excess outcomes attributable to FDC with

* p<0.10,

** p<0.05,

***p<0.01, SE: Standard error

arefers to discontinuation of treatment in year one of post-index period, estimated using weighted least squares.

bbased on individuals who modified their dual theapy (N: FDC = 732, LDC = 229)