What the study achieved: As part of recently revised guidelines that are discouraging routine use of aspirin in adults 70 years and older, these results suggest that older adults can have a potential overuse of aspirin therapy when it is not active set, especially among those with diabetes.
Authors: Rita R. Kalyani, MD, of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, is the corresponding author.
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(doi: 10.1001 / jamanetworkopen.2021.12210)
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