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ArticleJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2022

Glucose-Lowering Medications and Post-Dementia Survival in Patients with Diabetes and Dementia.

Juraj Secnik, Hong Xu, Emilia Schwertner, Niklas Hammar, Michael Alvarsson, Bengt Winblad, Maria Eriksdotter, Sara Garcia-Ptacek, Dorota Religa

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Article in Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Juraj SecnikDivision of Clinical Geriatrics, Center for Alzheimer Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.
Hong XuDivision of Clinical Geriatrics, Center for Alzheimer Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.
Emilia SchwertnerDivision of Clinical Geriatrics, Center for Alzheimer Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.
Niklas HammarInstitute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Michael AlvarssonGrowth and Metabolism, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Bengt WinbladDivision of Neurogeriatrics, Center for Alzheimer Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Maria EriksdotterDivision of Clinical Geriatrics, Center for Alzheimer Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.
Sara Garcia-PtacekDivision of Clinical Geriatrics, Center for Alzheimer Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.
Dorota ReligaDivision of Clinical Geriatrics, Center for Alzheimer Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.
Karolinska Institutet · SEKarolinska University Hospital · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe effectiveness of glucose-lowering drugs (GLDs) is unknown among patients with dementia.

objectiveTo analyze all-cause mortality among users of six GLDs in dementia and dementia-free subjects, respectively.

methodsThis was a longitudinal open-cohort registry-based study using data from the Swedish Dementia Registry, Total Population Register, and four supplemental registers providing data on dementia status, drug usage, confounders, and mortality. The cohort comprised 132,402 subjects with diabetes at baseline, of which 11,401 (8.6%) had dementia and 121,001 (91.4%) were dementia-free. Subsequently, comparable dementia - dementia-free pairs were sampled. Then, as-treated and intention-to-treat exposures to metformin, insulin, sulfonylurea, dipeptidyl-peptidase-4 inhibitors, glucagon-like peptide-1 analogues (GLP-1a), and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2i) were analyzed in the parallel dementia and dementia-free cohorts. Confounding was addressed using inverse-probability weighting and propensity-score matching, and flexible parametric survival models were used to produce hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of the association between GLDs and all-cause mortality.

resultsIn the as-treated models, increased mortality was observed among insulin users with dementia (HR 1.34 [95%CI 1.24-1.45]) as well as in dementia-free subjects (1.54 [1.10-1.55]). Conversely, sulfonylurea was associated with higher mortality only in dementia subjects (1.19 [1.01-1.42]). GLP-1a (0.44 [0.25-0.78]) and SGLT-2i users with dementia (0.43 [0.23-0.80]) experienced lower mortality compared to non-users.

conclusionInsulin and sulfonylurea carried higher mortality risk among dementia patients, while GLP-1a and SGLT-2i were associated with lower risk. GLD-associated mortality varied between dementia and comparable dementia-free subjects. Further studies are needed to optimize GLD use in dementia patients.

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DementiaDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 InhibitorsGlucagon-Like Peptide 1GlucoseHumansHypoglycemic AgentsInsulinSulfonylurea CompoundsGlucagon-Like Peptide 1GlucoseHypoglycemic AgentsInsulinSodium-Glucose Transporter 2 InhibitorsSulfonylurea CompoundsAntidiabeticsdementiadiabeteshyperglycemiamortalitypropensity-score

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PMID35034902
PMCPMC9028644
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