Table 2 Associations between antidiabetic use and possible determinants
Antidiabetics total | Insulins | Human insulins | Analogue insulins | Metformin and combinations | Sulfonylureas | DPP4Is and combinations | GLP1As and combinations | SGLT2Is and combinations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Correlation coefficient (p value) | |||||||||
Unemployment rate | 0.021 (0.930) | 0.262 (0.265) | 0.116 (0.627) | 0.180 (0.446) | −0.311 (0.182) | 0.468* (0.038) | 0.331 (0.154) | −0.386 (0.092) | 0.198 (0.402) |
Number of public medical card holders per ten thousand inhabitants | 0.203 (0.391) | 0.543* (0.013) | 0.463* (0.04) | 0.314 (0.177) | −0.104 (0.663) | 0.466* (0.038) | 0.313 (0.179) | −0.260 (0.268) | 0.205 (0.387) |
Regional prevalence of diabetes | 0.171 (0.470) | 0.126 (0.596) | 0.132 (0.578) | −0.033 (0.890) | 0.304 (0.193) | −0.119 (0.618) | 0.059 (0.806) | 0.251 (0.286) | 0.209 (0.376) |
Percentage of the 60 years and older among the total population | 0.815* (< 0.001) | 0.602* (0.005) | 0.173 (0.466) | 0.576* (0.008) | 0.553* (0.011) | 0.651* (0.002) | 0.741* (< 0.001) | 0.177 (0.454) | 0.791* (< 0.001) |
Number of attendances in diabetologic outpatient service (diabetologists) per thousand inhabitants | 0.694* (0.001) | 0.670* (0.001) | 0.294 (0.208) | 0.568* (0.009) | 0.536* (0.015) | 0.479* (0.032) | 0.501* (0.024) | 0.174 (0.464) | 0.656* (0.002) |