Association between antihypertensive use and hospital admissions for pneumonia using ‘admit diagnosis’ only (sensitivity analysis).

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; ACE, angiotensin converting enzyme; ARB, angiotensin receptor blocker; CCB, calcium channel blocker; BB, beta blocker.For each analysis, patients prescribed calcium channel blockers were the referent group. Adjustment was by multivariable logistic regression modeling with the following variables: age, sex, primary care provider visits, Charlson comorbidity index score, chronic liver failure, pneumonia in the 5 years leading up to prescription date, chronic lung disease, stroke, dementia, diabetes.Association between antihypertensive use and hospital admissions for pneumonia using ‘admit diagnosis’ only (sensitivity analysis).