Reexamining the Effect of Antihypertensive Medications on Falls in Old Age.

ABSTRACT: Conflicting data on the relationship between antihypertensive medications and falls in elderly people may lead to inappropriate undertreatment of hypertension in an effort to prevent falls. We aimed to clarify the relationships between the chronic use of different classes of antihypertensive medications and different types of falls, to determine the effect of medication dose, and to assess whether the risk of falls is associated with differences in cerebral blood flow. We assessed demographics, clinical characteristics, and chronic antihypertensive medication use in 598 community-dwelling people with hypertension, aged 70 to 97 years, then followed them prospectively for self-reported falls using monthly calendar postcards and telephone interviews. Antihypertensive medication use was not a

SUBMITTER: Lipsitz LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4465868 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature