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ArticleDiabetology international2022

Cross sectional study on proportion of sulfonylureas among various oral antidiabetic drugs using for Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes, analyzed from NSAID Study-2.

Keiko Arai, Tetsuo Nishikawa, Shin-Ichiro Shirabe, Yoko Matsuzawa, Shigeyuki Ohtsu, Shohei Yuasa, Koich Hirao, Hisao Mori

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Article in Diabetology international, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Trends in the Management of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Japanese Practitioners.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2025
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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Keiko AraiDepartment of Clinical Research of Kanagawa Association of Medical and Dental Practitioners, 2-32-2, Tsuruya-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, 221-0835 Japan.
Tetsuo NishikawaDepartment of Clinical Research of Kanagawa Association of Medical and Dental Practitioners, 2-32-2, Tsuruya-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, 221-0835 Japan.
Shin-Ichiro ShirabeDepartment of Clinical Research of Kanagawa Association of Medical and Dental Practitioners, 2-32-2, Tsuruya-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, 221-0835 Japan.
Yoko MatsuzawaDepartment of Clinical Research of Kanagawa Association of Medical and Dental Practitioners, 2-32-2, Tsuruya-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, 221-0835 Japan.
Shigeyuki OhtsuDepartment of Clinical Research of Kanagawa Association of Medical and Dental Practitioners, 2-32-2, Tsuruya-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, 221-0835 Japan.
Shohei YuasaDepartment of Clinical Research of Kanagawa Association of Medical and Dental Practitioners, 2-32-2, Tsuruya-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, 221-0835 Japan.
Koich HiraoDepartment of Clinical Research of Kanagawa Association of Medical and Dental Practitioners, 2-32-2, Tsuruya-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, 221-0835 Japan.
Hisao MoriDepartment of Clinical Research of Kanagawa Association of Medical and Dental Practitioners, 2-32-2, Tsuruya-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, 221-0835 Japan.
Kanagawa Prefecture Medical Association · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimWe aimed to investigate the certainty of using sulfonylureas in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) by analyzing data from the 2018 Nationwide Survey on Actual Intervention for T2DM by Japanese Practitioners (NSAID Study).

methodsOf the 6525 and 1545 participants in the NSAID Study under the care of general practitioners (GP) and diabetes specialists (SP), respectively, we included 5423 (83.1%) and 1058 (68.5%) patients who were treated with only oral antidiabetic drugs (OADs) by GPs and SPs, respectively, in the analysis.

resultsAmong the seven OAD classes in monotherapy, sulfonylureas were the third and fifth most prescribed OADs by GPs (7.1%) and SPs (6.4%), respectively. Sulfonylurea usage increased with combination therapy. Glimepiride was the most commonly prescribed sulfonylurea. Patients who used sulfonylureas had higher hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels and lower body mass indices (BMIs) than patients who did not use sulfonylureas.

conclusionThe results of this study clearly demonstrated that, among the OADs, sulfonylureas were not frequently used in monotherapy, although the opportunity of using sulfonylurea increased with the number of OADs prescribed in combination therapies by both GPs and SPs in Japan. Moreover, low-dose glimepiride was the most-prescribed sulfonylurea for Japanese T2DM patients, especially for those who were lean and had higher HbA1c levels.

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Body Mass Index (BMI)General practitionersGlimepirideHbA1cNationwide surveyOral antidiabetic therapySulfonylureaType 2 diabetes mellitus

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PMID35059253
PMCPMC8733091
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