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Antihypertensive Medications and Serious Fall Injuries in a Nationally Representative Sample of Older Adults
Tinetti ME, Han L, Lee DS, McAvay GJ, Peduzzi P, Gross CP, Zhou B, Lin H. Antihypertensive Medications and Serious Fall Injuries in a Nationally Representative Sample of Older Adults. JAMA Internal Medicine 2014, 174: 588-595. PMID: 24567036, PMCID: PMC4136657, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.14764.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerious fall injuriesAdjusted hazard ratioAntihypertensive medicationsMultiple chronic conditionsFall injuriesAntihypertensive groupHazard ratioOlder adultsChronic conditionsAntihypertensive medication classesStandardized daily doseAntihypertensive medication useCommunity-living adultsPropensity score adjustmentTraumatic brain injuryHealthy older adultsMedication intensityCardiovascular eventsMedication classesDaily doseHip fractureMedication useNationally Representative SampleHead injuryBrain injury
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The Contribution of Predisposing and Situational Risk Factors to Serious Fall Injuries
Tinetti M, Doucette J, Claus E. The Contribution of Predisposing and Situational Risk Factors to Serious Fall Injuries. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 1995, 43: 1207-1213. PMID: 7594153, DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1995.tb07395.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerious fall injuriesRisk factorsFall injuriesSerious injuriesSituational risk factorsLower body mass indexPercentage of fallersBody mass indexLoss of consciousnessMulticomponent intervention programPhysical performance measuresFirst fallRisk of injuryCohort studyInjury overallPrimary outcomeMass indexHead injuryJoint dislocationFemale genderHome assessmentCognitive impairmentPreventive programsMultivariate analysisInjury