Metformin vs diet and exercise or another antidiabetic drug
Intensive diet plus exercise Diagnostic criteria: 1 trial applied the WHO 1985 criteria (FPG < 7.8 mmol/L and 2‐hour glucose ≥ 7.8 mmol/L and < 11.1 mmol/L) (Fang 2004) · people at increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes
Summary of findings table for metformin showed no clear difference in intensive diet plus exercise Diagnostic criteria: 1 trial applied… compared with diet and exercise or another antidiabetic drug (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Metformin for prevention or delay of type 2 diabetes mellitus and its associated complications in persons at increased… 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.8 [0.47, 1.37]7 studies · 2960 participantsModerate