The association between statin use and outcomes potentially attributable to an unhealthy lifestyle in older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the "healthy user" and "healthy adherer" effects-hypothetical sources of bias thought to arise when patients who initiate and adhere to preventive therapies are more likely to engage in healthy behaviors than are other subjects.

Methods

The authors examined the association between statin initiation and adherence, and the subsequent use of preventive health services and incidence of clinical outcomes unlikely to be associated with the need for, or use of, a statin among older enrollees in two state-sponsored drug benefit programs.

Results

After adjustment for demographic and clinical covariates, patients who initiated statin use were more likely to receive recommended preventive services than noninitiators matched on age, sex, and state (hazard rat

SUBMITTER: Patrick AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5059150 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature