Research Conducted at Kyung Hee University Has Provided New Information about Health Insurance (Number of daily antihypertensive drugs and the risk…

Research Conducted at Kyung Hee University Has Provided New Information about Health Insurance (Number of daily antihypertensive drugs and the risk of osteoporotic fractures in older hypertensive adults: National health insurance service - ...)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- A new study on Health Insurance is now available. According to news originating from Seoul, South Korea, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "Antihypertensive medication represents one of the most common prescriptions for senior individuals. Numerous studies have assessed the influence of antihypertensive treatment on the risk for osteoporotic fracture, yet much controversy remains."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Kyung Hee University, "We analyzed the relationship between the incidence of osteoporotic fracture and the average number of daily antihypertensive drugs (NDAD) included in the prescription of elderly hypertensive patients. The study population was derived from the National Health Insurance Service-Senior Cohort (2002-2013), and consisted of elderly patients (>= 60 years) diagnosed with hypertension in 2009, who did not have osteoporotic fractures in 2008, and underwent at least one national health check-up between 2009 and 2013, and had complete records after 2010. The outcome measured was the incidence of osteoporotic fractures between 2010 and 2013. The study population was stratified into the three groups (low, moderate, and high), in terms of NDAD. A total of 137,304 hypertensive patients were included. A multivariate model corrected by age, gender, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, underlying disease, smoking status, and use of medicines showed that the groups with moderate and high NDAD exhibited, respectively, 12% and 16% lower risk of osteoporotic fracture compared to that in the group with low NDAD. In terms of the risk of osteoporotic fracture associated with the number of daily thiazide diuretics (NDTD), the adjusted odds ratios (aOR; 95%CI) were 0.89 (0.84-0.94) and 0.93 (0.84-1.02) in the groups with moderate and high NDTD, respectively compared to low NDTD as reference. As to NDADnotTD, the aOR (95%Cl) were 0.90 (95%Cl, 0.86-0.94) and 0.89 (95%Cl, 0.84-0.95) in the groups with moderate and high NDADnotTD, respectively compared to low NDADnotTD as reference. In elderly hypertensive patients, the incidence of osteoporotic fracture decreased as the NDAD increased."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "The incidence rate of osteoporotic fracture also decreased with the increase in the number of daily non-thiazide antihypertensive drugs."

For more information on this research see: Number of daily antihypertensive drugs and the risk of osteoporotic fractures in older hypertensive adults: National health insurance service - Senior cohort. Journal of Cardiology, 2017;70(1-2):80-85. Journal of Cardiology can be contacted at: Elsevier Science Bv, PO Box 211, 1000 Ae Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Journal of Cardiology - www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-cardiology/)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from C.W. Won, Kyung Hee Univ, Coll Med, Dept. of Family Med, Seoul, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include S. Kim, S.E. Choi, B.S. Kim, H.R. Choi, D. Hwang and S.Y. Kim (see also Health Insurance).

Keywords for this news article include: Seoul, South Korea, Asia, Insurance Companies, Drugs and Therapies, Health Insurance, Kyung Hee University.

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