Comparison of long-term effects of metformin on longevity between people with type 2 diabetes and matched non-diabetic controls

Abstract Background Metformin, a medication for type 2 diabetes, has been linked to many non-diabetes health benefits including increasing healthy lifespan. Previous work has only examined the benefits of metformin over periods of less than ten years, which may not be long enough to capture the true...

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Main Authors: Joshua Stevenson-Hoare, Ganna Leonenko, Valentina Escott-Price
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-05-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15764-y