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Is metformin use associated with low mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus hospitalized for COVID-19? a multivariable and propensity score-adjusted meta-analysis

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Metformin for COVID-19
3rd treatment shown to reduce risk in July 2020
 
*, now known with p < 0.00000000001 from 87 studies.
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Meta analysis of 22 metformin studies, showing significantly lower mortality with metformin use prior to hospitalization.
13 meta analyses show significant improvements with metformin for mortality Hariyanto, Kan, Kow, Li, Lukito, Ma, Oscanoa, Parveen, Petrelli, Poly, Schlesinger, Yang, hospitalization Li, progression Yang, and severity Petrelli, Schlesinger.
Currently there are 87 metformin for COVID-19 studies, showing 34% lower mortality [29‑38%], 31% lower ventilation [13‑45%], 17% lower ICU admission [7‑26%], 18% lower hospitalization [11‑24%], and 5% fewer cases [-4‑13%].
Ma et al., 23 Feb 2023, peer-reviewed, 2 authors. Contact: mahesh.krishnamurthy@sluhn.org.
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Is metformin use associated with low mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus hospitalized for COVID-19? a multivariable and propensity score-adjusted meta-analysis
Zhiyuan Ma, Mahesh Krishnamurthy
PLOS ONE, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0282210
Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a new pandemic that the entire world is facing since December of 2019. Increasing evidence has shown that metformin is linked to favorable outcomes in patients with COVID-19. The aim of this study was to address whether outpatient or inpatient metformin therapy for type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with low inhospital mortality in patients hospitalized for COVID-19. Methods We searched studies published in PubMed, Embase, Google Scholar and Cochrane Library up to November 1, 2022. Raw event data extracted from individual study were pooled using the Mantel-Haenszel approach. Odds ratio (OR) or hazard ratio (HR) adjusted for covariates that potentially confound the association using multivariable regression or propensity score matching was pooled by the inverse-variance method. Random effect models were applied for meta-analysis due to variance among studies. Results Twenty-two retrospective observational studies were selected. The pooled unadjusted OR for outpatient metformin therapy and in-hospital mortality was 0.48 (95% CI, 0.37-0.62) and the pooled OR adjusted with multivariable regression or propensity score matching was 0.71 (95% CI, 0.50-0.99). The pooled unadjusted OR for inpatient metformin therapy and in-hospital mortality was 0.18 (95% CI, 0.10-0.31), whereas the pooled adjusted HR was 1.10 (95% CI, 0.38-3.15).
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