Clinical impact of medication adherence on 10-year cardio-cerebrovascular mortality in newly diagnosed hypertensive patients.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of medication adherence on cardio-cerebrovascular (CCV) mortality in newly diagnosed hypertensive patients. The authors retrospectively reviewed data from 20,836 patients who newly diagnosed hypertension from January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2005. Medication adherence was calculated from the compliance ratio (CR) during the first year after the diagnosis of hypertension. CCV mortality for 10 years was assessed according to the presence or absence of complications of hypertension. The risk of CCV death was significantly reduced in the CR ≥ 70% group than in the CR < 70% group (hazard ratio, 0.70; p = .004) for 10 years. In the patients without complications, the risk of CCV death was significantly lower in the CR ≥ 70% group than in the CR 

SUBMITTER: Kim CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8678795 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature