Noninsulin-based antihyperglycemic medications in patients with diabetes and COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
J Diabetes
; 15(2): 86-96, 2023 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2213417
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Patients with diabetes are more likely to suffer COVID-19 complications. Using noninsulin antihyperglycemic medications (AGMs) during COVID-19 infection has proved challenging. In this study, we evaluate different noninsulin AGMs in patients with COVID-19.METHODS:
We searched Medline, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane on 24 January 2022. We used the following keywords (COVID-19) AND (diabetes mellitus) AND (antihyperglycemic agent). The inclusion criteria were studies reporting one or more of the outcomes. We excluded non-English articles, case reports, and literature reviews. Study outcomes were mortality, hospitalization, and intensive care unit (ICU) admission.RESULTS:
The use of metformin rather than other glucose-lowering medications was associated with statistically significant lower mortality (risk ratio [RR] 0.60, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.47, 0.77, p < .001). Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor (DPP-4i) use was associated with statistically significantly higher hospitalization risk (RR 1.44, 95% CI 1.23, 1.68, p < .001) and higher risk of ICU admissions and/or mechanical ventilation vs nonusers (RR 1.24, 95% CI 1.04, 1.48, p < .02). There was a statistically significant decrease in hospitalization for SGLT-2i users vs nonusers (RR 0.89, 95% CI 0.84-0.95, p < .001). Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA) use was associated with a statistically significant decrease in mortality (RR 0.56, 95% CI 0.42, 073, p < 0.001), ICU admission, and/or mechanical ventilation (RR 0.79, 95% CI 0.69-0.89, p < .001), and hospitalization (RR 0.73, 95% CI 0.54, 0.98, p = .04).CONCLUSIONS:
AGM use was not associated with increased mortality. However, metformin and GLP-1RA use reduced mortality risk statistically significantly. DPP-4i use was associated with a statistically significant increase in the risk of hospitalization and admission to the ICU.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
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Dipeptidyl-Peptidase IV Inhibitors
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Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors
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COVID-19
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Metformin
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Reviews
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Systematic review/Meta Analysis
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Diabetes
Journal subject:
Endocrinology
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
1753-0407.13359
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