Metformin use is associated with a reduced risk of acute appendicitis in Taiwanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Abstract This retrospective cohort study used the nationwide database of Taiwan’s National Health Insurance to investigate whether metformin would reduce the risk of acute appendicitis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. We first identified 423,949 patients newly diagnosed of diabetes from 19...

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Main Author: Chin-Hsiao Tseng
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/aa7b9bfa3ecb4740afb77371d15ed496
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