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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of oldest old patients > 80 years of age with polypharmacy (n = 258)

From: Polypharmacy in the oldest old (≥80 years of age) patients in China: a cross-sectional study

Index

Stratification

Mean ± SD

n

%

Age (years)

 

88.7 ± 6.5

  

Gender

Male

 

152

58.9

Female

 

106

41.1

Marital status

Have spouse

 

161

62.4

No spouse

 

97

37.6

Living status

Living alone

 

16

6.2

Living with spouse

 

144

55.8

Living with housekeeper

 

42

16.3

Living with offspring

 

56

21.7

Medical expenses

Self-paid

 

8

3.1

Health insurance

 

99

38.4

Publicly paid

 

151

58.5

Health condition

Good

 

29

11.2

Moderate

 

111

43.0

Poor

 

118

45.7

Number of diagnosed diseases

 

7.0 ± 2.3