Metformin induces significant reduction of body weight, total cholesterol and LDL levels in the elderly – A meta-analysis

• Margit Solymár ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: margit.solymar@aok.pte.hu

  Affiliation Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6667-6263

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• Ivan Ivic,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Software, Visualization

  Affiliation Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

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• László Pótó,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization

  Affiliation Institute of Bioanalysis, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

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• Péter Hegyi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software

  Affiliations Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary, Hungarian Academy of Sciences—University of Szeged, Momentum Gastroenterology Multidisciplinary Research Group, Szeged, Hungary, Department of Translational Medicine, First Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

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• András Garami,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2493-0571

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• Petra Hartmann,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Surgical Research, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4746-9792

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• Erika Pétervári,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

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• László Czopf,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, First Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

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• Alizadeh Hussain,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Haematology, First Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

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• Zoltán Gyöngyi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Public Health Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

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• Patrícia Sarlós,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, First Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

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• Mária Simon,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

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• Péter Mátrai,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software

  Affiliation Institute of Bioanalysis, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

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• Bálint Bérczi,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Public Health Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

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• Márta Balaskó

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

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