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''Assessment of the use of hypolipidemic agents (HAs), mainly statins, in elderly subjects aged 80 years and more in Burgundy: Analysis of 13,211 pat…

2012

Manckoundia, Patrick | Lorenzini, Mathieu | Disson-Dautriche, Anne | Petit, Jean-Michel | Lorcerie, Bernard | Debost, Emmanuel | Menu, Didier | Pfitzenmeyer, Pierre; International audience; ''Only few studies have investigated the use of HA in elderly subjects and there are no data in very elderly subjects. We assessed the prescription of HA and analyzed the relationship between such prescriptions and frailty markers among persons aged 80 and more in an observational study. We recorded the prescriptions for 13,211 patients aged 80-109 years and affiliated to the "Mutualite-Sociale-Agricole (MSA)'' of Burgundy over a 1-month period. The prescription of a HA among all included patients, and t…

MaleAgingHealth (social science)DiseaseCoronary Artery Disease030204 cardiovascular system & hematologylaw.invention0302 clinical medicineRandomized controlled triallawAVERAGE CHOLESTEROL LEVELS030212 general & internal medicineStrokeHypolipidemic AgentsAged 80 and overFibric AcidsOPEN-LABEL3. Good healthCONTROLLED TRIALHypertensionFemaleFranceSTROKEmedicine.drugmedicine.medical_specialtyAdrenergic beta-AntagonistsDrug Prescriptions03 medical and health sciencesPeripheral Arterial DiseaseDiabetes mellitusInternal medicinemedicineDiabetes MellitusHumansCORONARY-HEART-DISEASEMedical prescriptionCARDIOVASCULAR EVENTSMORTALITY''Polypharmacybusiness.industryMORTALITY[SCCO.NEUR]Cognitive science/NeuroscienceCardiovascular Agentsmedicine.disease''CORONARY-HEART-DISEASEPRAVASTATINPhysical therapyPolypharmacyRISK-FACTORSObservational studyGeriatrics and GerontologyHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsbusinessPRIMARY PREVENTIONGerontologyPravastatinPlatelet Aggregation Inhibitors
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