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Metformin is associated with lower hospitalizations, mortality and severe coronavirus infection among elderly medicare minority patients in 8 states in USA

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Metformin has antiviral and anti-inflammatory effects and several cohort studies have shown that metformin lower mortality in the COVID population in a majority white population. There is no data documenting the effect of metformin taken as an outpatient on COVID-19 related hosp...

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Autores principales: Ghany, Reyan, Palacio, Ana, Dawkins, Elissa, Chen, Gordon, McCarter, Daniel, Forbes, Emancia, Chung, Brian, Tamariz, Leonardo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Diabetes India. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7891082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33662839
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsx.2021.02.022