Sex differences in adherence to antihypertensive treatment in patients aged above 55: The French League Against Hypertension Survey (FLAHS).

ABSTRACT: Despite the availability of efficient therapies to reduce the risk of cardiovascular complications, poor adherence to antihypertensive (anti-HTN) drugs is frequent, especially during the first year of treatment and among uncontrolled/resistant hypertensive patients. The aim of the study was to identify factors associated with adherence to anti-HTN treatment and to examine whether they differ across sex. A total of 2743 treated hypertensive participants to the cross-sectional Metascope survey (France, 2015) aged 55 years or more were included. The authors measured adherence to anti-HTN treatment using the 6-item Girerd compliance test. Variations in adherence were examined using the Rao-Scott statistics and Poisson regression. Overall, 63.6% of participants were adherent to anti-HTN treatme

SUBMITTER: Lefort M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8030937 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature