Table 1 Proportion (in %) of elderly patients on medication by therapeutic class and sex*
From: Potentially inappropriate prescriptions for older patients in long-term care
| Â | Proportion of patients (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Therapeutic class | All (n = 2,633) | Men (n = 680) | Women (n = 1,953) | pvalue |
Analgesics & antipyretic | 48.0 | 44.6 | 49.2 | 0.037 |
Anxyolitics | 41.4 | 41.4 | 41.4 | 0.983 |
Antipsychotics | 35.0 | 39.5 | 33.5 | 0.004 |
Loop (high ceiling) diuretics | 18.6 | 16.2 | 19.4 | 0.062 |
Antiepileptics | 14.9 | 21.6 | 12.6 | <0.001 |
Thyroid preparations | 14.6 | 8.4 | 16.8 | <0.001 |
Vasodilators | 14.6 | 11.0 | 15.8 | 0.002 |
Antidepressants | 13.7 | 11.0 | 14.7 | 0.017 |
Cardiac glycosides | 12.4 | 11.6 | 12.7 | 0.462 |
Drugs for peptic ulcer | 11.0 | 11.3 | 10.9 | 0.765 |
Hypnotics & sedatives | 10.9 | 9.8 | 11.3 | 0.293 |
Anticholinergics | 10.9 | 11.2 | 10.8 | 0.788 |
Selective calcium channel blockers | 10.6 | 7.2 | 11.7 | 0.001 |
Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.991 |