Reasons for discontinuing insulin and factors associated with insulin discontinuation in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a real-world evidence study

Table 3 Distribution of reasons for insulin discontinuation

Reason Category	Number of Events	% Unique Patients	% Unique Reasons
Blood glucose control	1612	76.0	33.2
Weight loss	901	42.5	18.5
Non-insulin diabetes medication started	810	38.2	16.7
Hypoglycemia	585	27.6	12.0
Financial	207	9.8	4.3
Diet	202	9.5	4.2
Decreased food intake	187	8.8	3.9
Patient preference	83	3.9	1.7
Bariatric procedure	60	2.8	1.2
Steroid taper	39	1.8	0.8
Other side effects	17	1.1	0.35
After pregnancy^a	3	0.19	0.06
Patient cannot manage	2	0.12	0.04
Decreased insulin requirements	1	0.06	0.02
Other	152	9.4	3.1

The denominator for the % Unique Patients column is the number of patients (2121) who discontinued insulin with documented reasons. The denominator for the % Unique Reasons column is the number of unique reasons (4861) in the analytical dataset. As some patients had more than one reason for insulin discontinuation documented, the number of unique reasons is larger than the number of unique patients. Also as a result of multiple insulin discontinuation reasons being sometimes documented for a single patient, the total in column % Unique Patients adds up to more than 100%
^aDue to postpartum improvement in glycemic control and / or re-initiation of non-insulin diabetes therapy for pre-existing type 2 diabetes

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