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 injuryAnti-Hypertensive Medications and Cardiovascular Events in Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions
Tinetti ME, Han L, McAvay GJ, Lee DS, Peduzzi P, Dodson JA, Gross CP, Zhou B, Lin H. Anti-Hypertensive Medications and Cardiovascular Events in Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e90733. PMID: 24614535, PMCID: PMC3948696, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090733.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple chronic conditionsAnti-hypertensive treatmentCardiovascular eventsAnti-hypertensive medicationsHigh-intensity groupChronic conditionsOlder adultsHazard ratioPropensity scoreIntensity groupStandardized daily doseCommunity-living participantsPropensity score adjustmentCV eventsMedication intensityLess comorbidityDaily doseRandomized trialsMAIN OUTCOMERepresentative cohortScore adjustmentSurvey cohortRCT resultsCohortMortality