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The prevalence of cardiovascular disease and antidiabetes treatment characteristics among a large type 2 diabetes population in the United States.

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Weng, Wayne, Tian, Ye, Kong, Sheldon X., Ganguly, Rahul, Hersloev, Malene, Brett, Jason, Hobbs, Todd·2019·Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

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OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to assess atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) prevalence, antidiabetes medication usage and physician specialty encounters among individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the United States during 2015. DESIGN: Retrospective, cross-sectional analysis. PATIENTS: Adults with T2DM in a large US administrative claims database. Patients were divided into ASCVD and non-ASCVD groups. Subgroup analyses were conducted for three age groups (18-44, 45-64 and 65+ years). RESULTS: Of 1 202 596 patients with T2DM, 45.2% had established ASCVD. About 40% of T2DM patients with ASCVD had visited a cardiologist during 2015, compared to 11% in the non-ASCVD group. The use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) and sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT-2is) was low overall (<12%), and even lower in the ASCVD group (<9%). The prevalence of ASCVD was 15%, 36% and 71% in the 18-44, 45-64 and 65+ year age groups, respectively. GLP-1RA and SGLT-2i use was ≤5% in the 65+ subgroup, regardless of ASCVD status. CONCLUSIONS: These real-world data showed a high prevalence of ASCVD among T2DM patients, and confirmed, as a baseline assessment, low use of GLP-1RAs and SGLT-2is in these at-risk patients prior to the 2017 American Diabetes Association guidelines recommending use of agents with proven cardiovascular benefits.

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  • Diabetes itself confers independent ASCVD risk, and among people with diabetes, all major cardiovascular risk factors, including hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and obesity, are clustered and common.

    “Diabetes itself confers independent ASCVD risk, and among people with diabetes, all major cardiovascular risk factors, including hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and obesity, are clustered and common (2).”

    From 10. Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Management: Standards of Care in Diabetes—2025 (2025) · cites this paper as [2]

    The Results (Study population; Table 3, page unavailable) show that hypertension and dyslipidemia were common among patients with type 2 diabetes, and the Abstract Results report that 45.2% had established ASCVD. The cited passages do not establish that diabetes independently confers ASCVD risk, or report obesity or the joint clustering of all three risk factors. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Diabetes itself confers independent ASCVD risk.

    “Diabetes itself confers independent ASCVD risk, and among people with diabetes, all major cardiovascular risk factors, including hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and obesity, are clustered and common (2).”

    From 10. Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Management: Standards of Care in Diabetes—2026 (2026) · cites this paper as [2]

    The Results (Study population and Subgroup analysis by age category; page unavailable) show that hypertension and dyslipidemia were common among patients with type 2 diabetes, and the Discussion reports that 45.2% had ASCVD. The paper does not establish that diabetes independently confers ASCVD risk or report obesity as a common, clustered risk factor. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Among people with diabetes, all major cardiovascular risk factors, including hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and obesity, are clustered and common.

    “among people with diabetes, all major cardiovascular risk factors, including hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and obesity, are clustered and common (2).”

    From 10. Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Management: Standards of Care in Diabetes—2026 (2026) · cites this paper as [2]

    The Results (Study population, Table 1; page unavailable) report that hypertension (79.1%) and dyslipidemia (77.8%) were common in the studied US population with type 2 diabetes. Our copy does not report obesity prevalence or establish that these risk factors cluster in the same individuals, so it does not support the claim about all three factors being clustered and common. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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  • GLP-1RAs are underused in eligible patients, particularly by cardiologists.

    “Despite these findings, GLP-1RAs are underused in eligible patients, particularly by cardiologists.”

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Authors
Weng, W., Tian, Y., Kong, S. X., Ganguly, R., Hersloev, M., Brett, J., & Hobbs, T.
Affiliations
Novo Nordisk Inc. Plainsboro New Jersey
Corresponding author
Weng, Wayne
Venue
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2019-05-22
Volume
2
Issue
3
Pages
e00076-e00076
ISSN
2398-9238 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2944929227
Cited by
65
References
20
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 2
FWCI
4.87
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Endocrinology Diabetes & Metabolism (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Novo Nordisk
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Research
Keywords
type 2 diabetes, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular disease prevalence, GLP-1 receptor agonists, SGLT2 inhibitors, real-world data

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