Emily A Eton1, Thomas J Wubben1, Cagri G Besirli1, Peiying Hua2, Brendan McGeehan2, Brian L VanderBeek3. 1. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. 2. Center for Preventive Ophthalmology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 3. Department of Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To assess whether metformin is associated with dry age-related macular degeneration (dAMD) development. METHODS: In this retrospective cohort study, patients enrolled in a nationwide U.S. medical insurance claims database from 2002 to 2016 were included if they had diabetes mellitus, were ⩾55 years old, and were enrolled for ⩾2 years without a prior AMD diagnosis. The primary exposure was metformin use analyzed as either active or prior use or cumulative metformin dosage over the study period. A time updating Cox proportional hazard regression was used to estimate the hazard ratio of dAMD incidence with metformin exposure. RESULTS: Among 1,007,226 diabetic enrollees, 53.3% were female and 66.4% were white with a mean hemoglobin A1c of 6.8%. Of eligible enrollees, 166,115 (16.5%) were taking metformin at the index date. Over the study period, 29,818 (3.0%) participants developed dAMD. In the active versus prior use of metformin model, active use conferred an increased hazard of developing dAMD (HR, 1.08; 95% CI, 1.04-1.12) while prior use had a decreased hazard (HR, 0.95; 95% CI 0.92-0.98). The cumulative metformin dosage model showed a significant trend toward increased hazard of dAMD incidence with increasing cumulative dosage (p < 0.001), with the lowest dosage quartile having decreased hazard of dAMD incidence (HR, 0.95; 95% CI, 0.91-0.99) and the highest having increased hazard (HR, 1.07; 95% CI, 1.01-1.13). CONCLUSIONS: Small, conflicting associations between metformin exposure and development of dAMD were observed depending on cumulative dosage and whether drug use was active, suggesting metformin did not substantially affect the development of dAMD.
PURPOSE: To assess whether metformin is associated with dry age-related macular degeneration (dAMD) development. METHODS: In this retrospective cohort study, patients enrolled in a nationwide U.S. medical insurance claims database from 2002 to 2016 were included if they had diabetes mellitus, were ⩾55 years old, and were enrolled for ⩾2 years without a prior AMD diagnosis. The primary exposure was metformin use analyzed as either active or prior use or cumulative metformin dosage over the study period. A time updating Cox proportional hazard regression was used to estimate the hazard ratio of dAMD incidence with metformin exposure. RESULTS: Among 1,007,226 diabetic enrollees, 53.3% were female and 66.4% were white with a mean hemoglobin A1c of 6.8%. Of eligible enrollees, 166,115 (16.5%) were taking metformin at the index date. Over the study period, 29,818 (3.0%) participants developed dAMD. In the active versus prior use of metformin model, active use conferred an increased hazard of developing dAMD (HR, 1.08; 95% CI, 1.04-1.12) while prior use had a decreased hazard (HR, 0.95; 95% CI 0.92-0.98). The cumulative metformin dosage model showed a significant trend toward increased hazard of dAMD incidence with increasing cumulative dosage (p < 0.001), with the lowest dosage quartile having decreased hazard of dAMD incidence (HR, 0.95; 95% CI, 0.91-0.99) and the highest having increased hazard (HR, 1.07; 95% CI, 1.01-1.13). CONCLUSIONS: Small, conflicting associations between metformin exposure and development of dAMD were observed depending on cumulative dosage and whether drug use was active, suggesting metformin did not substantially affect the development of dAMD.
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