TY - JOUR
T1 - Metformin and carotid intima-media thickness in never-smokers with type 1 diabetes: The REMOVAL trial
AU - Timmons, J.G.
AU - Greenlaw, N.
AU - Boyle, J.G.
AU - Chaturvedi, N.
AU - Ford, I.
AU - Brouwers, M.C.G.J.
AU - Tillin, T.
AU - Hramiak, I.
AU - Hughes, A.D.
AU - Jenkins, A.J.
AU - Klein, B.E.K.
AU - Klein, R.
AU - Ooi, T.C.
AU - Rossing, P.
AU - Stehouwer, C.D.A.
AU - Sattar, N.
AU - Colhoun, H.M.
AU - Petrie, J.R.
AU - REMOVAL Study Grp
PY - 2021/6/1
Y1 - 2021/6/1
N2 - Aim To determine whether metformin's effects on carotid artery intima-media thickness (cIMT) in type 1 diabetes differ according to smoking status.Methods Regression model effect estimates for the effect of metformin versus placebo (double-blind) on carotid IMT were calculated as a subgroup analysis of the REMOVAL trial.Results In 428 randomized participants (227 never-smokers, 201 ever-smokers), averaged mean carotid IMT progression (per year) was reduced by metformin versus placebo in never-smokers (-0.012 mm, 95% CI -0.021 to -0.002; p = .0137) but not in ever-smokers (0.003 mm, 95% CI -0.008 to 0.014; p = .5767); and similarly in non-current smokers (-0.008 mm, 95% CI -0.015 to -0.00001; p = .0497) but not in current smokers (0.013 mm, 95% CI -0.007 to 0.032; p = .1887). Three-way interaction terms (treatment*time*smoking status) were significant for never versus ever smoking (p = .0373, prespecified) and non-current versus current smoking (p = .0496, exploratory). Averaged maximal carotid IMT progression (per year) was reduced by metformin versus placebo in never-smokers (-0.020 mm, 95% CI -0.034 to -0.006; p = .0067) but not in ever-smokers (-0.006 mm, 95% CI -0.020 to 0.008; p = .4067), although this analysis was not supported by a significant three-way interaction term.Conclusions This subgroup analysis of the REMOVAL trial provides additional support for a potentially wider role of adjunct metformin therapy in cardiovascular risk management in type 1 diabetes, particularly for individuals who have never smoked cigarettes.
AB - Aim To determine whether metformin's effects on carotid artery intima-media thickness (cIMT) in type 1 diabetes differ according to smoking status.Methods Regression model effect estimates for the effect of metformin versus placebo (double-blind) on carotid IMT were calculated as a subgroup analysis of the REMOVAL trial.Results In 428 randomized participants (227 never-smokers, 201 ever-smokers), averaged mean carotid IMT progression (per year) was reduced by metformin versus placebo in never-smokers (-0.012 mm, 95% CI -0.021 to -0.002; p = .0137) but not in ever-smokers (0.003 mm, 95% CI -0.008 to 0.014; p = .5767); and similarly in non-current smokers (-0.008 mm, 95% CI -0.015 to -0.00001; p = .0497) but not in current smokers (0.013 mm, 95% CI -0.007 to 0.032; p = .1887). Three-way interaction terms (treatment*time*smoking status) were significant for never versus ever smoking (p = .0373, prespecified) and non-current versus current smoking (p = .0496, exploratory). Averaged maximal carotid IMT progression (per year) was reduced by metformin versus placebo in never-smokers (-0.020 mm, 95% CI -0.034 to -0.006; p = .0067) but not in ever-smokers (-0.006 mm, 95% CI -0.020 to 0.008; p = .4067), although this analysis was not supported by a significant three-way interaction term.Conclusions This subgroup analysis of the REMOVAL trial provides additional support for a potentially wider role of adjunct metformin therapy in cardiovascular risk management in type 1 diabetes, particularly for individuals who have never smoked cigarettes.
KW - cardiovascular disease
KW - diabetes complications
KW - metformin
KW - type 1 diabetes
U2 - 10.1111/dom.14350
DO - 10.1111/dom.14350
M3 - Article
C2 - 33591613
SN - 1462-8902
VL - 23
SP - 1371
EP - 1378
JO - Diabetes Obesity & Metabolism
JF - Diabetes Obesity & Metabolism
IS - 6
ER -