This large-scale cohort study found that the use of an FPS was not associated with lower risk of death or hospitalization from any cause. However, the results generated a clinically important hypothesis that FPS use may be associated with slightly lower risk of death among older patients with chronic cardiovascular or endocrine disease.
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