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Cognitive impairment and cardiovascular medication use: Results from wave 1 of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing.

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posted on 2022-03-14, 10:38 authored by Daniela Rohde, Anne HickeyAnne Hickey, David WilliamsDavid Williams, Kathleen BennettKathleen Bennett

AIM: To explore the association between cardiovascular medication use and cognitive impairment in adults aged 50 years and over.

METHOD: This cross-sectional linked database study involved secondary quantitative analysis of 1903 participants from wave 1 of the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing with available pharmacy claims data. Cognitive impairment was assessed using a cut-off of ≤23 on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. Cardiovascular medication use was calculated using the proportion of days covered for antihypertensive, antithrombotic, and lipid-modifying medications. For each class of cardiovascular medication, participants were categorized as belonging to one of three medication use groups: (1) not dispensed any medications (reference); (2) poor adherence (proportion of days covered

RESULTS: Controlling for demographic and health variables, there was no evidence of an independent association between impaired cognitive function and use of antihypertensives [good adherence OR (95% CI): 1.16 (0.88, 1.52), poor adherence OR (95% CI): 1.39 (0.95, 2.04)]; antithrombotics [good adherence OR (95% CI): 1.26 (0.93, 1.70), poor adherence OR 95% CI): 1.13 (0.80, 1.59)]; or lipid-modifying agents [good adherence OR (95% CI): 0.95 (0.71, 1.25), poor adherence OR (95% CI): 0.88 (0.64, 1.22)].

CONCLUSION: We found no evidence of an association between cardiovascular medication use and cognitive function. Future studies should investigate the prospective associations between cognition and use of cardiovascular medications using longitudinal data.

Funding

Health Research Board (grants no. SPHeRE/2013/1 and RLA/2015/1579). Irish Department for Health and Children.

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Rohde D, Hickey A, Williams D, Bennett K. Cognitive impairment and cardiovascular medication use: Results from wave 1 of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. Cardiovascular Therapeutics. 2017;35(6):, which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1755-5922.12300 . This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.

Published Citation

Rohde D, Hickey A, Williams D, Bennett K. Cognitive impairment and cardiovascular medication use: Results from wave 1 of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. Cardiovascular Therapeutics. 2017;35(6):e12300.

Publication Date

2017-08-24

PubMed ID

28836733

Department/Unit

  • Data Science Centre
  • Health Psychology
  • Medicine