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Table 3 Characteristics of 529 patients receiving sitagliptin plus SU therapy stratified into three age groups

From: Two-year assessment of the efficacy and safety of sitagliptin in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes: Post hoc analysis of the ASSET-K study

 

Age group

P value

 

<65 years

65–74 years

≥75 years

 

n (%)

262 (49.5)

190 (35.9)

77 (14.6)

 

Age (years)

54.9 ± 7.6

69.5 ± 5.7

77.9 ± 2.9

<0.0001*

Sex (male/female)

143/119

110/80

43/34

0.7853†

Duration of diabetes (years)

10.3 ± 6.0

15.7 ± 9.6

18.6 ± 10.1

<0.0001*

Body mass index

25.8 ± 4.7

23.7 ± 3.8

24.4 ± 4.4

<0.0001*

Type of SU (%)

    

 Glimepiride

70.6

75.3

71.4

0.5391†

 Glibenclamide

17.9

14.7

18.2

0.6295†

 Gliclazide

11.5

10.0

10.4

0.8803†

Dose of SU (mg)

    

 Glimepiride

1.9 ± 1.3

2.0 ± 7.4

1.6 ± 1.1

0.9354*

 Glibenclamide

4.7 ± 2.5

4.4 ± 2.9

3.0 ± 2.3

0.0007*

 Gliclazide

37.7 ± 26.4

35.8 ± 32.2

43.3 ± 21.2

0.2708*

  1. SU, sulfonylurea
  2. Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation unless otherwise indicated
  3. *One-way analysis of variance, †Fisher’s exact test