TY - JOUR
T1 - Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and statin use and incident mobility limitation in community-dwelling older adults
T2 - The health, aging and body composition study
AU - Gray, Shelly L.
AU - Boudreau, Robert M.
AU - Newman, Anne B.
AU - Studenski, Stephanie A.
AU - Shorr, Ronald I.
AU - Bauer, Douglas C.
AU - Simonsick, Eleanor M.
AU - Hanlon, Joseph T.
PY - 2011/12
Y1 - 2011/12
N2 - Objectives To evaluate whether the use of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and statins is associated with a lower risk of incident mobility limitation in older community dwelling adults. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Health, Aging and Body Composition (Health ABC) study. Participants Three thousand fifty-five participants who were well functioning at baseline (no mobility limitations). Measurements Summated standardized daily doses (low, medium, high) and duration of ACE inhibitor and statin use were computed. Mobility limitation (two consecutive self-reports of having any difficulty walking one-quarter of a mile or climbing 10 steps without resting) was assessed every 6 months after baseline. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards analyses were conducted, adjusting for demographics, health status, and health behaviors. Results At baseline, 15.2% used ACE inhibitors and 12.9% used statins; use of both was greater than 25% by Year 6. Over 6.5 years of follow-up, 49.8% had developed mobility limitation. In separate multivariable models, neither ACE inhibitor (multivariate hazard ratio (HR) = 0.95, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.82-1.09) nor statin use (multivariate HR = 1.02, 95% CI = 0.87-1.17) was associated with lower risk of mobility limitation. Similar findings were seen in analyses examining dose-response and duration-response relationships and a sensitivity analysis restricted to those with hypertension. Conclusion ACE inhibitors and statins widely prescribed to treat hypertension and hypercholesterolemia, respectively, do not lower risk of mobility limitation, an important indicator of quality of life.
AB - Objectives To evaluate whether the use of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and statins is associated with a lower risk of incident mobility limitation in older community dwelling adults. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Health, Aging and Body Composition (Health ABC) study. Participants Three thousand fifty-five participants who were well functioning at baseline (no mobility limitations). Measurements Summated standardized daily doses (low, medium, high) and duration of ACE inhibitor and statin use were computed. Mobility limitation (two consecutive self-reports of having any difficulty walking one-quarter of a mile or climbing 10 steps without resting) was assessed every 6 months after baseline. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards analyses were conducted, adjusting for demographics, health status, and health behaviors. Results At baseline, 15.2% used ACE inhibitors and 12.9% used statins; use of both was greater than 25% by Year 6. Over 6.5 years of follow-up, 49.8% had developed mobility limitation. In separate multivariable models, neither ACE inhibitor (multivariate hazard ratio (HR) = 0.95, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.82-1.09) nor statin use (multivariate HR = 1.02, 95% CI = 0.87-1.17) was associated with lower risk of mobility limitation. Similar findings were seen in analyses examining dose-response and duration-response relationships and a sensitivity analysis restricted to those with hypertension. Conclusion ACE inhibitors and statins widely prescribed to treat hypertension and hypercholesterolemia, respectively, do not lower risk of mobility limitation, an important indicator of quality of life.
KW - medications
KW - mobility
KW - pharmacoepidemiology
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03721.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03721.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 22092102
AN - SCOPUS:84155172056
SN - 0002-8614
VL - 59
SP - 2226
EP - 2232
JO - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
JF - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
IS - 12
ER -