Effects of metformin use on total mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A matched-subject design

• Fu-Shun Yen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dr. Yen’s Clinic, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

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• Weishan Chen,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• James Cheng-Chung Wei,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Chih-Cheng Hsu ,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: chhwu@vghtpe.gov.tw (CMH); cch@nhri.org.tw (CCH)

  Affiliations Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli, Taiwan, Department of Health Services Administration, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Family Medicine, Min-Sheng General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Chii-Min Hwu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: chhwu@vghtpe.gov.tw (CMH); cch@nhri.org.tw (CCH)

  Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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