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A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF METFORMIN FOR FRAILTY PREVENTION: STUDY DESIGN AND BASELINE CHARACTERISTICS

Inflammation and insulin resistance are major predictors of frailty. Here we describe the study design of an ongoing double-blind, randomized controlled trial of metformin for frailty prevention. Subjects are adults aged 65+ years with pre-diabetes assessed by 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test (OGT...

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Autores principales: Espinoza, Sara E, Musi, Nicolas, Wang, Chen-pin, Michalek, Joel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6841271/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.2517