Tseng CH. Metformin and risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in diabetes patients.
DIABETES & METABOLISM 2018;
45:184-190. [PMID:
29804817 DOI:
10.1016/j.diabet.2018.05.001]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2018] [Revised: 04/28/2018] [Accepted: 05/06/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
PURPOSE
This study aimed to investigate whether metformin can affect risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients.
METHODS
T2D patients newly diagnosed during 1999-2005 were enrolled from the reimbursement database of Taiwan's National Health Insurance system and followed up to 31 December 2011. Analyses were conducted in an unmatched cohort (92,272 ever-users and 10,697 never-users of metformin) and a propensity score (PS) matched pair cohort (10,697 ever-users and 10,697 never-users). Cox regression incorporated into the inverse probability of treatment weighting using the PS was used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs).
RESULTS
In the unmatched cohort, 2573 never-users and 13,840 ever-users developed COPD with respective incidences of 5994.64 and 3393.19 per 100,000 person-years. The overall HR was 0.560 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.537-0.584). HRs for the first (<25.27months), second (25.27-55.97months) and third (>55.97months) tertiles of cumulative duration were 1.021 (0.975-1.070), 0.575 (0.548-0.603) and 0.265 (0.252-0.280), respectively. Analyses of the matched cohort showed an overall HR of 0.643 (0.605-0.682), with HRs of 1.212 (1.122-1.309), 0.631 (0.578-0.689) and 0.305 (0.273-0.340) for the respective tertiles.
CONCLUSION
A reduced risk of COPD is observed in metformin users with T2D.
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