Association between statin use during hospitalisation and mortality in patients with intracerebral haemorrhage: a propensity score-matched cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We examined the relationship between statin use during hospitalisation and mortality in patients with intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH).

Design

Retrospective propensity-matched cohort study.

Setting

Patients with ICH (≥18 years old) admitted to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, Massachusetts, USA) from 2001 to 2012 registered in the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care III database.

Participants

1043 patients with ICH (≥18 years) were evaluated for the relationship between statin use during hospitalisation and mortality.

Interventions

Statin use.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome was 90-day mortality. We used multivariable Cox regression analyses to calculate the adjusted HR with 95% CI and used

SUBMITTER: Yuan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9809250 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature