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. 2022 Mar 9;45(5):1211–1218. doi: 10.2337/dc21-1138

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of patients in the POOLED cohort with established CVD, with stratification by the number of life-years free of new/recurrent CVD events gained by adding semaglutide to SoC

Life-years free of new/recurrent CVD events gained
0 to <1 1 to <2 2 to <3 3 to <4 4 to <5
N 307 2,031 2,028 334 20
Age, years 78.5 (4.1) 69.2 (4.7) 60.0 (4.8) 56.3 (3.4) 51.9 (1.2)
Sex, female, n (%) 40.0 (13.0) 431.0 (21.2) 617.0 (30.4) 323.0 (96.7) 20.0 (100.0)
Diabetes duration, years 20.5 (10.6) 16.1 (8.6) 12.0 (7.0) 10.6 (6.8) 10.1 (7.9)
Current smoker, n (%) 24.0 (7.8) 263.0 (12.9) 287.0 (14.2) 30.0 (9.0) 0.0 (0)
BMI, kg/m2 30.9 (6.8) 32.3 (6.4) 32.5 (6.0) 33.5 (5.8) 33.8 (4.8)
HbA1c, mmol/mol 66 (13) 67 (16) 69 (18) 73 (19) 71 (16)
HbA1c, % 8.2 (1.2) 8.3 (1.5) 8.5 (1.6) 8.8 (1.7) 8.6 (1.5)
SBP, mmHg 137.5 (20.8) 136.3 (17.6) 133.5 (16.2) 132.5 (15.6) 134.3 (12.2)
DBP, mmHg 72.4 (10.6) 75.0 (10.2) 77.9 (9.8) 78.7 (9.7) 79.6 (9.5)
Total cholesterol, mmol/L, geometric mean (CoV) 3.92 (24.50) 3.94 (26.66) 4.10 (28.60) 4.61 (29.92) 4.81 (28.32)
LDL cholesterol, mmol/L 2.10 (0.74) 2.10 (0.86) 2.24 (0.93) 2.59 (1.13) 2.91 (1.26)
Non-HDL cholesterol, mmol/L 2.91 (0.96) 2.97 (1.05) 3.16 (1.16) 3.58 (1.40) 3.77 (1.40)
Triglycerides, mmol/L 1.80 (1.08) 1.99 (1.49) 2.15 (1.73) 2.30 (1.86) 1.90 (0.74)
eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2* 49.8 (16.8) 69.3 (19.6) 85.9 (17.1) 95.3 (13.2) 102.8 (9.1)

Data are means (SD) unless otherwise indicated. CoV, coefficient of variation; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; SBP, systolic blood pressure.

*

Estimated using the CKD-EPI creatinine equation.