Risk of falls associated with antihypertensive medication: Population-based case-control study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 592-597

  Gribbin, Jonathan ^a   Hubbard, Richard ^a   Gladman, John R F ^a   Smith, Chris ^a   Lewis, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive; Falls; Medication; Older people; Thiazide

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; FALLING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; AGING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; THIAZIDES;

EID: 77955945587     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq092     Document Type: Article

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