SLC5A2 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: In the EMPA-REG OUTCOME study (Empagliflozin Cardiovascular Outcome Event Trial in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients) treatment with the selective sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2-inhibitor) empagliflozin reduced the primary combined cardiovascular end point as well as secondary end points of hospitalization due to heart failure, cardiovascular morbidity, total mortality and renal end points [8].