Hypertension Treatment Modality and Suicide Risk Among Veterans in Veterans Health Administration Care From 2015 to 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) serves a population of veterans with a high prevalence of comorbid health conditions and increased risk for suicide.

Objective

To replicate the findings of a previous study and assess whether exposure to angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) is associated with differential suicide risk compared with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) among veterans receiving VHA care.

Design, setting, and participants

This nested case-control design included all suicide decedents from 2015 to 2017 with a VHA inpatient or outpatient encounter in the prior year and with either an active ACEI or ARB prescription in the 100 days prior to death. Using a 4:1 ratio, controls were matched to cases by age, sex, and hypertension a

SUBMITTER: Dent KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7550968 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature