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Table 2 Adverse events by preferred terms in the Latin American study population

From: Exploring early combination strategy in Latin American patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: a sub-analysis of the VERIFY study

Patients with AEs, n (%)

Early combination

n = 267

n (%)

Initial monotherapy

n = 270

n (%)

Patients with at least one AE

240 (89.8)

230 (85.2)

 Diarrhea

47 (17.6)

36 (13.3)

 Back pain

41 (15.4)

32 (11.9)

 Influenza

41 (15.4)

24 (8.9)

 Arthralgia

40 (15.0)

43 (15.9)

 Urinary tract infection

34 (12.7)

29 (10.7)

 Hypertension

34 (12.7)

39 (14.4)

 Nasopharyngitis

33 (12.4)

38 (14.1)

 Headache

31 (11.6)

28 (10.4)

 Pain in extremity

31 (11.6)

42 (15.6)

 Anxiety

18 (6.7)

31 (11.5)

 Dyslipidemia

23 (8.6)

27 (10.0)

 Pharyngitis

21 (7.9)

22 (8.1)

 Hypertriglyceridemia

20 (7.5)

10 (3.7)

 Bronchitis

16 (6.0)

13 (4.8)

 Gastroenteritis

14 (5.2)

16 (5.9)

 Abdominal pain

13 (4.9)

14 (5.2)

 Hepatic steatosis

13 (4.9)

9 (3.3)

  1. Patients with multiple adverse events under one treatment approach were counted only once in the adverse event category for that treatment approach
  2. AE adverse events