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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

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العنوان: 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
المؤلفون: Liam Smeeth, Nish Chaturvedi, Carol Brayne, Rohini Mathur, Krishnan Bhaskaran, Rutendo Muzambi, Charlotte Warren-Gash, Christopher T Rentsch, Dylan M Williams, Susanna J Dunachie, William Doran, Louis Tunnicliffe, Sophie V Eastwood
المصدر: BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, Vol 12, Iss 1 (2024)
بيانات النشر: BMJ Publishing Group, 2024.
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: LCC:Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology
مصطلحات موضوعية: Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology, RC648-665
الوصف: Introduction 4.2 million individuals in the UK have type 2 diabetes, a known risk factor for dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Diabetes treatment may modify this association, but existing evidence is conflicting. We therefore aimed to assess the association between metformin therapy and risk of incident all-cause dementia or MCI compared with other oral glucose-lowering therapies (GLTs).Research design and methods We conducted an observational cohort study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink among UK adults diagnosed with diabetes at ≥40 years between 1990 and 2019. We used an active comparator new user design to compare risks of dementia and MCI among individuals initially prescribed metformin versus an alternative oral GLT using Cox proportional hazards regression controlling for sociodemographic, lifestyle and clinical confounders. We assessed for interaction by age and sex. Sensitivity analyses included an as-treated analysis to mitigate potential exposure misclassification.Results We included 211 396 individuals (median age 63 years; 42.8% female), of whom 179 333 (84.8%) initiated on metformin therapy. Over median follow-up of 5.4 years, metformin use was associated with a lower risk of dementia (adjusted HR (aHR) 0.86 (95% CI 0.79 to 0.94)) and MCI (aHR 0.92 (95% CI 0.86 to 0.99)). Metformin users aged under 80 years had a lower dementia risk (aHR 0.77 (95% CI 0.68 to 0.85)), which was not observed for those aged ≥80 years (aHR 0.95 (95% CI 0.87 to 1.05)). There was no interaction with sex. The as-treated analysis showed a reduced effect size compared with the main analysis (aHR 0.90 (95% CI 0.83 to 0.98)).Conclusions Metformin use was associated with lower risks of incident dementia and MCI compared with alternative GLT among UK adults with diabetes. While our findings are consistent with a neuroprotective effect of metformin against dementia, further research is needed to reduce risks of confounding by indication and assess causality.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2052-4897
Relation: https://drc.bmj.com/content/12/1/e003548.full; https://doaj.org/toc/2052-4897
DOI: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2023-003548
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/b4a13d0b549447b1a40d1b3a83e8a4c8
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.b4a13d0b549447b1a40d1b3a83e8a4c8
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:20524897
DOI:10.1136/bmjdrc-2023-003548