Use of sodium–glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists according to the 2019 ESC guidelines and the 2019 ADA/EASD consensus report in a national population of patients with type 2 diabetes

Dec 30, 2022European journal of preventive cardiology

Use of SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists in type 2 diabetes patients based on 2019 European and American treatment guidelines

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Abstract

Approximately 80% of patients with type 2 diabetes were recommended treatment with SGLT2 inhibitors or GLP-1 receptor agonists according to the 2019 ESC guidelines.

  • 79.5% of patients were recommended any of the two drugs based on the 2019 ESC guidelines.
  • 48.8% of patients were recommended any of the two drugs based on the 2019 ADA/EASD consensus report.
  • SGLT2 inhibitors were recommended for 37.2% of patients under both guidelines.
  • GLP-1 receptor agonists were recommended for 1.4% according to the ESC guidelines and 11.6% according to the ADA/EASD report.
  • Only 33.7% of those recommended treatment according to the ESC guidelines actually received it.
  • 25.4% of patients recommended treatment according to the ADA/EASD consensus report received the treatment.

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