Risk factors for depression in elderly diabetic patients and the effect of metformin on the condition

• Main Authors: Fenqin Chen (Author), Guozhu Wei (Author), Yingfang Wang (Author), Tingting Liu (Author), Ting Huang (Author), Qian Wei (Author), Guojing Ma (Author), Difei Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background At present, only a few studies have focused on the risk factors for depression in elderly diabetic patients, and there is little evidence for the effect of metformin in depressed elderly patients with diabetes than on its effect on blood glucose. The aim of the current work was t...