To investigate whether there is an association between use of ACE inhibitors (ACEI) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) and risk of acute kidney injury (AKI).We conducted a new-user cohort study of the rate of AKI among users of common antihypertensives.UK primary care practices contributing to the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) eligible for linkage to hospital records data from the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) database between April 1997 and March 2014.New users of antihypertensives: ACEI/ARB, β-blockers, calcium channel blockers and thiazide diuretics.The outcome was first episode of AKI. We estimated incidence rate ratio (RR) for AKI during time exposed to ACEI/ARB compared to time unexposed, adjusting for age, sex, comorbidities, use of other antihypertensive drugs and calendar period using Poisson regression. Covariates were time updated.Among 570 445 participants, 303 761 were prescribed ACEI/ARB with a mean follow-up of 4.1 years. The adjusted RR of AKI during time exposed to ACEI/ARB compared to time unexposed was 1.12 (95

作者：Kathryn E, Mansfield；Dorothea, Nitsch；Liam, Smeeth；Krishnan, Bhaskaran；Laurie A, Tomlinson

来源：BMJ open 2016 年 6卷 12期