Prescription of oral hypoglycemic agents for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A retrospective cohort study using a Japanese hospital database

Aims/Introduction In treatment algorithms of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Western countries, biguanides are recommended as first‐line agents. In Japan, various oral hypoglycemic agents ( OHA s) are available, but prescription patterns are unclear. Materials and Methods Data of 7,108 and 2,655 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in study 1 and study 2, respectively, were extracted from the Medical Data Vision database (2008–2013). Cardiovascular...