Drug category | % of subjects taking drug by group | Effect of intervention | Effect of intervention adjusted for a difference between registers | |||
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 | Control | Intervention | RR | 95% CI | RR | 95% CI |
Diabetes medication | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Diet alone | 46.4 | 47.0 | 1.01 | 0.87, 1.18 | 1.02 | 0.89, 1.17 |
Any oral hypoglycaemic (biguanide, sulphonylurea or thiazolidinediones) | 34.0 | 32.7 | 0.96 | 0.81, 1.14 | 0.96 | 0.81, 1.14 |
Sulphonylurea | 19.7 | 18.6 | 0.94 | 0.75, 1.18 | 0.93 | 0.75, 1.16 |
Metformin | 25.3 | 24.4 | 0.96 | 0.76, 1.22 | 0.97 | 0.77, 1.22 |
Insulin | 24.4 | 26.8 | 1.10 | 0.84, 1.43 | 1.09 | 0.82, 1.37 |
Cardiovascular disease and risk factor management | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Any cardiovascular drug | 49.6 | 45.9 | 0.92 | 0.84, 1.01 | 0.93 | 0.85, 1.01 |
Any anti-platelet drug | 25.4 | 22.9 | 0.90 | 0.74, 1.10 | 0.90 | 0.75, 1.10 |
Aspirin | 31.6 | 28.5 | 0.90 | 0.75, 1.08 | 0.90 | 0.75, 1.08 |
ACE inhibitor | 25.0 | 22.1 | 0.89 | 0.75, 1.05 | 0.89 | 0.76, 1.05 |
Drugs primarily used asa antihypertensives (including ACE/A-G inhibitors) | 33.1 | 30.4 | 0.92 | 0.82, 1.03 | 0.92 | 0.83, 1.03 |
Any lipid-lowering | 27.4 | 25.9 | 0.94 | 0.78, 1.14 | 0.95 | 0.78, 1.15 |
Statins | 27.0 | 25.0 | 0.92 | 0.76, 1.12 | 0.93 | 0.77, 1.12 |
Fibrates | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.61 | 0.61, 4.27 | 1.59 | 0.60, 4.18 |