Comparison of Glucose Lowering Effect of Metformin and Acarbose in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Meta-Analysis

• Shuyan Gu,

  Affiliation Center for Health Policy Studies, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China

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• Jihao Shi,

  Affiliation Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China

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• Zhiliu Tang,

  Affiliation Health Economics and Outcome Research (HEOR), Bristol-Myers Squibb, Shanghai City, China

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• Monika Sawhney,

  Affiliation College of Health Professions, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America

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• Huimei Hu,

  Affiliation Center for Health Policy Studies, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China

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• Lizheng Shi,

  Affiliation Department of Global Health Systems and Development, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Vivian Fonseca,

  Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Hengjin Dong

  * E-mail: donghj@zju.edu.cn

  Affiliation Center for Health Policy Studies, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China

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