Incident dementia risk among patients with type 2 diabetes receiving metformin versus alternative oral glucose-lowering therapy: an observational cohort study using UK primary healthcare records

Author
W. Doran
L. Tunnicliffe
R. Muzambi
C. Rentsch
K. Bhaskaran
L. Smeeth
C. Brayne
D. Williams
N. Chaturvedi
S. Eastwood
S. Dunachie
R. Mathur
C. Warren-Gash
Keywords
Adult
Humans
Female
Middle Aged
Male
*Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications/drug therapy/epidemiology
*Metformin/adverse effects
Cohort Studies
Hypoglycemic Agents/adverse effects
Glucose
*Dementia/epidemiology/prevention & control
Primary health care
United Kingdom/epidemiology
dementia
diabetes mellitus, type 2
Electronic Health Records
metformin
Year of Publication
2024
Journal
BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care
Volume
12
ISBN Number
2052-4897
Accession Number
38272537
DOI
10.1136/bmjdrc-2023-003548