SLC5A2 and diabetes mellitus: Accordingly, people with type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, heart failure, or chronic kidney disease should be treated appropriately with an SGLT-2 inhibitor or GLP-1RA, even because more adults with type 2 diabetes in the US have suboptimal glycemic control now compared to 10 years ago, associated with a resurgence in vascular diabetic complications [32].