Use of Non-Benzodiazepine Sedative Hypnotics and Risk of Falls in Older Men

Susan J Diem^1,2*, Susan K. Ewing³, Katie L Stone³, Sonia Ancoli-Israel⁴, Susan Redline⁵ and Kristine E Ensrud^1,2,6

¹Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

²Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

³California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA

⁴Departments of Psychiatry and Family & Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

⁵Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

⁶Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research, Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN, USA