Effects from medications on functional biomarkers of aging in three longitudinal studies of aging in SwedenShow others and affiliations
2024 (English)In: Aging Cell, ISSN 1474-9718, E-ISSN 1474-9726, Vol. 23, no 6, article id e14132
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Abstract [en]
Antihypertensive, lipid-lowering, and blood glucose-lowering drugs have slowed down the aging process in animal models. In humans, studies are limited, have short follow-up times, and show mixed results. Therefore, this study aimed to estimate the effects of commonly used medications on functional aging, cognitive function, and frailty. We included information on individuals from three Swedish longitudinal population-based studies collected between 1986 and 2014. Our exposures were the 21 most used groups of medications among individuals aged 65 years and older in the Swedish population in 2022. Functional aging index (n = 1191), cognitive function (n = 1094), and frailty index (n = 1361) were the outcomes of interest. To estimate the medication effects, we used a self-controlled analysis, where each individual is his/her own control, thereby adjusting for all time-stable confounders. The analysis was additionally adjusted for time-varying confounders (chronological age, Charlson Comorbidity Index, smoking, body mass index, and the number of drugs). The participants were 65.5-82.8 years at the first in-person assessment. Adrenergics/inhalants (effect size = 0.089) and lipid-modifying agents/plain (effect size = 0.082) were associated with higher values of cognitive function (improvement), and selective calcium channel blockers with mainly vascular effects (effect size = -0.129) were associated with lower values of the functional aging index (improvement). No beneficial effects were found on the frailty index. Adrenergics/inhalants, lipid-modifying agents/plain, and selective calcium channel blockers with mainly vascular effects may benefit functional biomarkers of aging. More research is needed to investigate their clinical value in preventing adverse aging outcomes.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
John Wiley & Sons, 2024. Vol. 23, no 6, article id e14132
Keywords [en]
aging, cognitive function, frailty, medication, physical function
National Category
Gerontology, specialising in Medical and Health Sciences Geriatrics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-63819DOI: 10.1111/acel.14132ISI: 001175791000001PubMedID: 38426357Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85186897246Local ID: GOA;intsam;942115OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-63819DiVA, id: diva2:1844590
Funder
Swedish Research Council, 2015-03255, 2017-00639, 2019-01272, 2020-06101, 2021-00178, 2022-01608The Karolinska Institutet's Research Foundation2024-03-142024-03-142024-08-13Bibliographically approved