Metformin treatment does not affect the risk of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 768-774.e2

  Kristensen, Katrine L ^a   Pottegård, Anton ^b   Hallas, Jesper ^b   Rasmussen, Lars M ^a   Lindholt, Jes S ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; METFORMIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RUPTURED ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC RUPTURE; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ODDS RATIO; PROTECTION; REGISTER; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METFORMIN; ODDS RATIO; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85019160250     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2017.01.070     Document Type: Article

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