Research Article

Potent Oral Hypoglycemic Agents for Microvascular Complication: Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors for Diabetic Retinopathy

Table 3

Logistic regression analysis of the effect of different variables on the progression of DR before propensity score matching in the SGLT2i and control groups.

VariableOR (95% CI) value

Age0.985 (0.951-1.021)0.411
Sex (female)1.455 (0.617-3.428)0.392
Duration of diabetes0.965 (0.919-1.015)0.165
Hypertension0.774 (0.331-1.808)0.554
CVD0.705 (0.170-2.929)0.631
SGLT2i0.215 (0.058-0.796)0.021
HbA1c1.041 (0.841-1.288)0.714
Total cholesterol1.000 (0.991-1.009)0.944
Triglycerides0.996 (0.991-1.002)0.178
HDL cholesterol0.954 (0.907-1.003)0.067
LDL cholesterol1.004 (0.991-1.017)0.589

Data are presented as odd ratios (95% confidence interval). CVD = cardiovascular disease; HDL = high-density lipoprotein; LDL = low-density lipoprotein; SGLT2i = sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor. .