Metformin and risk of age-related macular degeneration in individuals with type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study

Krishna M Gokhale; Nicola J Adderley; Anuradhaa Subramanian; Wen Hwa Lee; Diana Han; Jesse Coker; Tasanee Braithwaite; Alastair K Denniston; Pearse A Keane; Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar

doi:10.1136/bjophthalmol-2021-319641

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Metformin and risk of age-related macular degeneration in individuals with type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study

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Krishna M Gokhale Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nicola J Adderley Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Anuradhaa Subramanian Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Wen Hwa Lee Action Against Age-Related Macular Degeneration, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Diana Han Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jesse Coker Action Against Age-Related Macular Degeneration, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tasanee Braithwaite Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UKThe School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences and The School of Life Course Sciences, King's College London, London, UKThe Medical Eye Unit, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Alastair K Denniston Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHSFT, Birmingham, UKNIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, UKInstitute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UKHealth Data Research UK, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Pearse A Keane NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UKHealth Data Research UK, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Nicola J Adderley, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, Birmingham, UK; n.j.adderley{at}bham.ac.uk; Dr Pearse A Keane, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Moorfields Eye Hospital and Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, UK; pearse.keane1{at}nhs.net

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Gokhale KM, Adderley NJ, Subramanian A, et al

Metformin and risk of age-related macular degeneration in individuals with type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study

British Journal of Ophthalmology Published Online First: 03 February 2022. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2021-319641

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Received May 11, 2021
Accepted January 20, 2022
First published February 3, 2022.

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