Metformin use is associated with a low risk of tuberculosis among newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus patients with normal renal function: A nationwide cohort study with validated diagnostic criteria

• Ming-Chia Lee,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Pharmacy, New Taipei City Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan, School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chen-Yuan Chiang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, International Union Against Tubercle and Lung Disease, Paris, France

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• Chih-Hsin Lee,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Cheng-Maw Ho,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chia-Hao Chang,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Hsinchu branch, Hsinchu, Taiwan

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• Jann-Yuan Wang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jann-Yuan Wang, Shih-Ming Chen

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jywang@ntu.edu.tw (JYW); smchen@tmu.edu.tw (SMC)

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3406-366X

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• Shih-Ming Chen

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jann-Yuan Wang, Shih-Ming Chen

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jywang@ntu.edu.tw (JYW); smchen@tmu.edu.tw (SMC)

  Affiliation School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

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