Alejandro Rodríguez-Molinero, Antonio Miñarro, Leire Narvaiza, César Gálvez-Barrón, Natalia Gonzalo León, Esther Valldosera, Eva De Mingo, Oscar Macho, David Aivar, Efren Pinzón, Adilis Alba, Jorge Passarelli, Nadia Stasi, Isabel Collado, José R Banegas
OBJECTIVES: Low blood pressure (BP) has been proposed as a risk factor of death in elderly patients. However, this association could be partially accounted for by the deleterious effects of BP-lowering drugs. We analyzed whether these drugs are associated to an increased risk of death in elderly patients taking multiple potential confounders into account. DESIGN: This is a prospective cohort study. Setting and Participants. Probabilistic sample of 772 community-dwelling patients aged >65 years living in Spain, who were appointed for an initial clinical visit and followed up through telephone calls 4, 6, 9, 12, and 60 months afterwards...
2022: International Journal of Hypertension