Treatment of Hypertension in Complex Older Adults: How Many Medications Are Needed?
Ouellet GM, McAvay G, Murphy TE, Tinetti ME. Treatment of Hypertension in Complex Older Adults: How Many Medications Are Needed? Gerontology And Geriatric Medicine 2019, 5: 2333721419856436. PMID: 31245434, PMCID: PMC6580710, DOI: 10.1177/2333721419856436.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsMedical Expenditure Panel SurveyAntihypertensive classesCardiovascular eventsOlder adultsMultivariable proportional hazards regressionAdverse cardiovascular eventsProportional hazards regressionGreater cardiovascular benefitTreatment of hypertensionComplex older adultsRisk of mortalityRepresentative community sampleAdditional antihypertensivesMultiple antihypertensivesHypertensive adultsCardiovascular benefitsHazards regressionExposure groupRepresentative cohortMobility disabilityInverse probabilityLongitudinal associationsHypertensionAdults