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Table 5 Results of the multivariate regression analysis

From: Inappropriate prescribing to the oldest old patients admitted to hospital: prevalence, most frequently used medicines, and associated factors

85 years old and over

75 to 84 years old

Associated factor

OR (95% CI)

p

Associated factor

OR (95% CI)

p

Beers

  

Beers

  

Number of medicines

Number of medicines

  

10 or more

5.7 (1.8-17.9)

0.003

5 - 9

6.3 (1.1-34.4)

0.035

10 or more

11.0 (2.0- 59.7)

0.006

Female gender

1.9 (1.1-3.1)

0.014

START-listed PPO

1.8 (1.0-2.9)

0.027

STOPP

STOPP

Number of medicies

  

Number of medicines

  

5 - 9

5.7 (1.8-17.8)

0.003

10 or more

5.1 (1.5-16.8)

0.007

10 or more

13.4 (4.0-44.0)

<0.001

ACOVE-3-listed PPO

2.2 (1.2-3.6)

0.004

Severe dependence in

  

ADL

5.0 (1.1-22.1)

0.031

Multimorbidity

0.5 (0.2-0.9)

0.045

START

START

Non-community dwelling

2.3 (1.0-5.0)

0.030

Multimorbidity

1.9 (1.0-3.2)

0.027

Multimorbidity

1.8 (1.0-3.1)

0.040

ACOVE-3

ACOVE-3

STOPP-listed PIM

2.5 (1.4-4.3)

0.001

STOPP-listed PIM

2.2 (1.2-3.8)

0.004

  1. Only the statistically significant risk factors associated to PIM and PPO tools are presented.