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. 2020 Nov;4(11):1118-1119.
doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2020.06.003. Epub 2020 Jun 7.

Relationship between Oral Metformin Use and Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Jay M Stewart  1 , Ricardo Lamy  2 , Frances Wu  2 , Jeremy D Keenan  3
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Relationship between Oral Metformin Use and Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Jay M Stewart et al. Ophthalmol Retina. 2020 Nov.

Abstract

In a cross-sectional retrospective study of 3120 diabetic patients aged ≥ 60 years, those taking metformin were less likely to have age-related macular degeneration compared with those not taking the drug (OR 0.70, 95%CI 0.55-0.88).

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