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. 2021 Aug 28;179:109031. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2021.109031

Table 2.

Characteristics of included studies.

Study Sample size Design Country Overall age mean ± SD Male n (%) Hypertension n (%) Cardiovascular disease n (%) Metformin use n (%) Insulin use GLP-1RA use n (%)

Death Alive
Cariou B et al.[21] 2020 1317 Retrospective cohort France 69.8 ± 13 855 (64.9%) 1003 (77.2%) 621 (47.1%) 746 (56.6%) 504 (38.3%) 9 (6.4%) 114 (9.7%)
Israelsen SB et al.[22] 2021 996 Retrospective cohort Denmark 60 ± 14 521 (52.3%) N/A N/A 645 (64.7%) 224 (24.8%) 14 (26.4%) 356 (42%)
Izzi-Engbeaya C et al.[23] 2021 337 Retrospective cohort England 65.8 ± 17.5 202 (60%) 238 (70.6%) 91 (27%) 169 (50.1%) 108 (31%) No data on death/alive Total = 5 (1.4%)
Nyland JE et al.[24] 2020 12,954 Retrospective cohort USA 62.2 ± 15.2 6244 (48.2%) 5881 (45.4%) 3420 (26.4%) 6192 (47.8%) 7435 (57.4%) 32 (2.9%) 797 (6.7%)
Orioli L et al.[25] 2021 73 Retrospective cohort Belgium 69 ± 14 35 (48%) 59 (80.8%) 32 (43.8%) 45 (61.6%) 31 (45.6%) 0 (0%) 5 (8.8%)
Ramos-Rincon JM et al.[26] 2021 790 Retrospective cohort Spain 85.8 ± 4.5 418 (52.9%) 666 (84.3%) 625 (79.1%) 420 (53.1%) 211 (26.7%) 11 (2.9%) 13 (3.3%)
Silverii GA et al.[27] 2021 159 Retrospective cohort Italy 73.3 ± 12.6 86 (54.1%) N/A N/A 76 (47.8%) 43 (27%) 1 (1.7%) 6 (6%)
Sourij H et al.[28] 2020 238 Retrospective cohort Austria 71.1 ± 12.9 152 (63.9%) 169 (71%) 160 (67.2%) 77 (32.3%) 52 (21.9%) 0 (0%) 3 (1.7%)
Wargny M et al.[29] 2021 2796 Retrospective cohort France 69.7 ± 13.2 1782 (63.7%) 2126 (76.8%) 302 (11.4%) 1553 (55.6%) 1039 (37.2%) 33 (5.7%) 221 (10%)