Metformin in combination with various insulin secretagogues in type 2 diabetes and associated risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality—A retrospective nationwide study Ulrik Madvig Mogensen, Charlotte Andersson, Emil Loldrup Fosbøl, Tina Ken Schramm, Allan Vaag, Nikolai Madrid Scheller, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Gunnar Gislason, Lars Køber Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice Volume 107, Issue 1, Pages 104-112 (January 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2014.09.047 Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Flowchart. MI=myocardial infarction. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 2015 107, 104-112DOI: (10.1016/j.diabres.2014.09.047) Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 Proportions of initial drug use (insulin secretagogoues (IS), metformin or a combination of IS and metformin at initiation of glucose lowering therapy) among included patients. There was no interaction between initial drug use and the used combination treatment (p=0.71). Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 2015 107, 104-112DOI: (10.1016/j.diabres.2014.09.047) Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions
Fig. 3 Rate Ratios (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for mortality (a), cardiovascular mortality (b) and a combined endpoint of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction or stroke (c) when comparing individual insulin secretagogoues+metformin using glimepiride+metformin as reference. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 2015 107, 104-112DOI: (10.1016/j.diabres.2014.09.047) Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions