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Both points are not true. Participants section of the paper > We excluded people who were already taking one of the study medications or who had already recei
by ceedan 3y ago
Both points are not true.
Participants section of the paper
> We excluded people who were already taking one of the study medications or who had already received a COVID-19 treatment with Emergency Use Authorization by the US Food and Drug Administration.
Baseline characteristics table, Medical history section
> Only 17 (1.5%) of the participants had diabetes.
- peteradio 3y agoHow many had pre-diabetes? Type-2 is a pretty serious diagnosis above a pretty significant threshold. Long-covid as defined can be somewhat marginal in characteristic.
- ceedan 3y agoThe paper doesn't say, but I would imagine it was very high. Googling the statistic says 1/3 of Americans have pre-diabetes.
- peteradio 3y agoSo I guess what I'm wondering is, how do we know we are treating lingering covid rather than pre-diabetes symptoms? Pre-diabetes is not symptomless and metformin is prescribed off-label to manage those symptoms. How many pre-diabetes symptoms overlap with long-covid classification?
- ceedan 3y ago> The primary method for ascertaining long COVID was participant-reported receipt of a long COVID diagnosis from a medical provider. Participants were asked whether a medical provider had given them a diagnosis of long COVID in follow-up surveys on days 180, 210, 240, 270, and 300. See the outcomes section. Also, read the paper.
- peteradio 3y ago[flagged]
- shaftway 3y agoMetformin also helps keep you under that threshold. Without Metformin my A1C is typically around 10 but with it I'm usually around 5. This complicates classification.