Verapamil Use Is Associated With Reduction of Newly Diagnosed Diabetes Mellitus
Author(s) -
Ti Yin,
ShuChen Kuo,
Yea-Yuan Chang,
YungTai Chen,
Kai-Wei Katherine Wang
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2016-3778
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , verapamil , type 2 diabetes mellitus , cohort , confidence interval , incidence (geometry) , diabetes mellitus , population , cohort study , endocrinology , calcium , optics , physics , environmental health
The mechanism of the beneficial effect of calcium-channel blockers (CCBs), especially verapamil, on the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has been described. This study compared the incidence of T2DM in adults prescribed oral verapamil and propensity score-matched adults prescribed other oral CCBs.
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