Journal article
Monitoring Vitamin B12 in Women Treated with Metformin for Primary Prevention of Breast Cancer and Age-Related Chronic Diseases
Abstract
Metformin (MET) is currently being used in several trials for cancer prevention or treatment in non-diabetics. However, long-term MET use in diabetics is associated with lower serum levels of total vitamin B12. In a pilot randomized controlled trial of the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) and MET, whose participants were characterized by different components of metabolic syndrome, we tested the effect of MET on serum levels of B12, holo …
Authors
Mastroianni A; Ciniselli CM; Panella R; Macciotta A; Cavalleri A; Venturelli E; Taverna F; Mazzocchi A; Bruno E; Muti P
Journal
Nutrients, Vol. 11, No. 5,
Publisher
MDPI
DOI
10.3390/nu11051020
ISSN
2072-6643