Compared with metformin‐only users, GLP‐1 RAs use was associated with increased risks of various adverse outcomes (sHRs with 95% CIs), including pancreatitis (2.01, 1.24–3.24), acute nephritis (3.20, 2.17–4.70), kidney failure (3.73, 2.74–5.08), thyroid cancer (2.25, 1.23–4.10), and thyroid dysfunction (1.27, 1.00–1.63), respectively; Similar results were also found when compared with insulin‐only users. This evidence concerns the gene INS and kidney failure.