Journal
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY
Volume 59, Issue 2, Pages 251-257Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03275.x
Keywords
dementia; Alzheimer's disease; pharmacoepidemiology; cohort study; histamine-2 receptor antagonist
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- National Institutes of Health [U01-AG-06781, K23-AG-28954]
- American Federation for Aging Research
- Hartford Foundation
- Atlantic Philanthropies
- Starr Foundation
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OBJECTIVES To examine whether histamine-2 receptor antagonist medications (H2RAs) are associated with a lower incidence of all-cause dementia or Alzheimer's disease (AD), as some studies have suggested. DESIGN Prospective population-based cohort SETTING Group Health, an integrated health maintenance organization, Seattle, Washington. PARTICIPANTS Two thousand nine hundred twenty-three participants aged 65 and older without dementia at baseline, with initial recruitment between 1994 and 1996. MEASUREMENTS Follow-up occurred every 2 years to identify incident dementia and AD using standard criteria. Exposure to H2RAs was determined based on automated pharmacy data. Three aspects of exposure (time-varying) were examined based on standard daily dose (SDD): cumulative use, intensity of use (highest SDD in any prior 2-year window), and cumulative use stratified according to recency (1-3 years vs > 3 years before). RESULTS Over a mean follow-up of 6.7 years, 585 subjects developed dementia (453 developed AD). Total cumulative exposure was not associated with dementia (P=.35; omnibus test) or AD (P=.23). The adjusted hazard ratios for the highest exposure category (> 1,080 SDDs) compared with light or no use were 1.28 (95% confidence interval (CI)=0.95-1.72) for dementia and 1.41 (95% CI=1.00-1.97) for AD. Intensity of use was not associated with dementia (P=.39) or AD (P=.63). Examining exposure according to recent and distant cumulative use also showed no association with dementia (P=.11) or AD (P=.30). CONCLUSION No association was found between H2RA use and risk of all-cause dementia or AD using more-detailed and -extensive information about past H2RA use than any prior study.
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