Initiation of antihypertensive monotherapy and incident fractures among Medicare beneficiaries

• Main Authors: Jennifer L. Hargrove (Author), Yvonne M. Golightly (Author), Virginia Pate (Author), Carri H. Casteel (Author), Laura R. Loehr (Author), Stephen W. Marshall (Author), Til Stürmer (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: BMC, 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Research suggests antihypertensive medications are associated with fractures in older adults, however results are inconsistent and few have examined how the association varies over time. We sought to examine the association between antihypertensive class and incident non-vertebra...