Adherence to antihypertensive agents after ischemic stroke and risk of cardiovascular outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the relationship between antihypertensive (AH) drug adherence and cardiovascular (CV) outcomes among patients with a recent ischemic stroke and assess the validity of our approach.

Methods

A cohort of 14,227 patients diagnosed with an ischemic stroke was assembled from individuals 65 years and older who were treated with AH agents from 1999 to 2007 in Quebec, Canada. A nested case-control design was used to evaluate the occurrence of nonfatal major CV outcomes and mortality. Each case was matched to 15 controls by age and cohort entry time. Medication possession ratio was used for AH agent adherence level. Adjusted conditional logistic regression models were used to estimate the rate ratio of CV events. The validity of the approach was assessed by evalu

SUBMITTER: Perreault S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3511923 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature