Cardiovascular safety of evogliptin in patients with type 2 diabetes: A nationwide cohort study

Aim To assess whether the use of evogliptin, a novel dipeptidyl peptidase‐4 inhibitor (DPP‐4i), was associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events compared with glimepiride in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Methods We conducted a population‐based cohort study using South Korea's nationwide healthcare database from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2018. We identified a base cohort of patients with T2D who newly initiated metformin...