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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2022 Nov 22;189:121–130. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2022.10.041

Table 2.

Annual SGLT2 inhibitor and GLP1 receptor agonist use in the integrated health system clinics (2013–2019), overall and in high-risk patients.

Variable 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Absolute difference 2013–2019 95% confidence interval p Value for trend

Integrated health system patients, total population

Eligible patients (n) 4522 4747 4915 5103 5496 6342 16422
Medication users (n)
 SGLT2i 40 270 547 631 801 987 2405 P < 0.01
 GLP1-RA 471 578 682 679 722 940 1671 P = 0.99
 Total 495 742 1059 1135 1302 1639 3539 P < 0.01
Prescription Rate (%)
 SGLT2i 1% 6% 11% 12% 15% 16% 15% 14% 13%–15%
 GLP1-RA 10% 12% 14% 13% 13% 15% 10% 0% −1%–1%
 Total 11% 16% 22% 22% 24% 26% 22% 11% 10%–12%

High-risk patient subgroup *

Eligible patients (n) 335 398 489 626 737 812 1395
Medication users (n)
 SGLT2i 4 12 37 76 107 140 249 P < 0.01
 GLP1-RA 21 30 49 52 73 96 142 P = 0.01
 Total 24 38 77 114 158 203 340 P < 0.01
Prescription Rate (%)
 SGLT2i 1% 3% 8% 12% 15% 17% 18% 17% 13%–21%
 GLP1-RA 6% 8% 10% 8% 10% 12% 10% 4% 1%–7%
 Total 7% 10% 16% 18% 21% 25% 24% 17% 12%–22%

Usage rates equal the number of medication users divided by the total eligible per year.

*

This includes patients with diabetes, an A1c >7.0%, an ICD-9 or ICD-10 diagnosis of HF or atherosclerotic CVD and with an active prescription for metformin.