SynthesisFrontiers in endocrinology2026

Association of preadmission metformin use and prognosis in patients with sepsis with diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

What moved togetherboth groups pooled, not the treatment’s effect

Correlation, not cause

−42%−56% to −25%

Bigger than 9 in 10 for all-cause mortality

As reported

OR 0.58, 95% CI 0.44–0.75 · the paper's word: All-cause mortality

the abstract, start to end

… with reduced overall mortality (OR 0.58, 95% CI 0.44-0.75, P < …

← favours treatmentfavours comparator →

could be chance

All-cause mortality

OR 0.580.44–0.75

MetforminAll-cause mortality

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