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Proton pump inhibitors and myocardial infarction: an application of active comparators in a self-controlled case series
Author(s) -
Celine Sze Ling Chui,
Ka Shing Cheung,
Jeremy Brown,
Ian Douglas,
Ian Chi Kei Wong,
Esther W. Chan,
Angel Wong
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyac196
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , confounding , medical prescription , proton pump inhibitor , rate ratio , population , incidence (geometry) , pharmacology , physics , environmental health , optics
Previous studies investigating potential cardiovascular adverse events of acid-suppressing drugs are susceptible to protopathic bias and confounding. We aimed to investigate the association between short-term risk of myocardial infarction (MI) and proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) using a self-controlled case series (SCCS) with an active comparator.

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