History of Benzodiazepine Prescriptions and Risk of Dementia: Possible Bias Due to Prevalent Users and Covariate Measurement Timing in a Nested Case-Control Study

Previous estimates of whether long-term exposure to benzodiazepines increases dementia risk are conflicting and are compromised by the difficulty of controlling for confounders and by reverse causation. We investigated how estimates for the association between benzodiazepine use and later dementia i...

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Autores principales: Richardson, Kathryn, Mattishent, Katharina, Loke, Yoon K, Steel, Nicholas, Fox, Chris, Grossi, Carlota M, Bennett, Kathleen, Maidment, Ian, Boustani, Malaz, Matthews, Fiona E, Myint, Phyo K, Campbell, Noll L, Brayne, Carol, Robinson, Louise, Savva, George M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6601519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31111865
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwz073

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