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Antihypertensive Medication Adherence and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Among Older Adults: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antihypertension medication (antihypertensive) adherence lowers risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD); few studies have examined this association among older adults.

Methods and results

We assessed this association among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries aged 66 to 79 years who were newly diagnosed with hypertension and initiated on antihypertensives in 2008-2009 (n=155 597). We calculated proportion of days covered (PDC) during follow-up, using proportional subdistribution hazard models, to examine association between antihypertensive adherence and a composite CVD outcomes, including first incident of fatal/nonfatal acute myocardial infarction, ischemic heart disease, stroke/transient ischemic attack, and heart failure. During follow-up (median 5.8 years and 798 621 person-years), we documented 47 198 CVD events. Among beneficiaries, 60.8%, 30.3%, and 8.9% had PDC ?80%, 40% to 79%, and <40%. Crude incidence of CVD events were 40.1 (95% CI, 40.0-40.1), 93.9 (93.8-93.9), and 98.1 (98.1-98.2) per 1000 person-years for PDC ?80%, 40% to 79%, and <40%, respectively. Adjusted hazard ratios for CVD events were 1.0 (<40% as reference), 1.0 (0.97-1.03) for 40% to 79%, and 0.44 (0.42-0.45) for ?80% (P<0.001). Dose-response analysis suggested a nonlinear relationship between PDC and risk for CVD events with a protective effect of ?80%. The pattern of associations between PDC and ischemic heart disease, stroke/transient ischemic attack, and heart failure were largely consistent as for CVD events and across different groups.

Conclusions

Antihypertensive adherence was associated with a significantly lower risk of CVD events among older adults. There appeared to be a threshold effect in reducing CVD events at around PDC 80%, above which the risk for CVD reduced substantially.

SUBMITTER: Yang Q

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5669200 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Antihypertensive Medication Adherence and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Among Older Adults: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

Yang Quanhe Q Chang Anping A Ritchey Matthew D MD Loustalot Fleetwood F

Journal of the American Heart Association 20170624 6

<h4>Background</h4>Antihypertension medication (antihypertensive) adherence lowers risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD); few studies have examined this association among older adults.<h4>Methods and results</h4>We assessed this association among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries aged 66 to 79 years who were newly diagnosed with hypertension and initiated on antihypertensives in 2008-2009 (n=155 597). We calculated proportion of days covered (PDC) during follow-up, using proportional subdist ...[more]

PMID: 28647688

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Antihypertensive Medication Adherence and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Among Older Adults: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

Background

Methods and results

Conclusions

Publications

Antihypertensive Medication Adherence and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Among Older Adults: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

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