Journal article
Metformin for non-diabetic patients with coronary heart disease (the CAMERA study): a randomised controlled trial.
- Abstract:
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BACKGROUND: Metformin reduces cardiovascular risk in patients with type 2 diabetes seemingly independent of lowering blood glucose concentration. We assessed the cardiovascular effects of metformin in individuals without type 2 diabetes. METHODS: We did a single-centre, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial at the Glasgow Clinical Research Facility (Glasgow, UK). We enrolled patients taking statins who did not have type 2 diabetes but who did have coronary heart disease and large waist circu...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- lancet. Diabetes and endocrinology
- Volume:
- 2
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 116-124
- Publication date:
- 2014-02-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2213-8595
- ISSN:
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2213-8587
- Source identifiers:
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439597
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- Language:
- English
- Pubs id:
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pubs:439597
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uuid:be162a1c-762a-492f-bfbb-25e39f1da374
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- pubs:439597
- Deposit date:
- 2014-08-21
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- Copyright date:
- 2014
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