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Table 1 Most commonly used medicine classes in all study participants and those with polypharmacy

From: Polypharmacy among HIV positive older adults on anti-retroviral therapy attending an urban clinic in Uganda

All Participants

Participants with Polypharmacy

Most commonly used medicine classes (n = 636 total different medicines used among 411 participants)

Most commonly used medicine classes (n = 289 total different medicines used among 63 participants with polypharmacy)

Drug Class

n (%)

Drug Class

n (%)

Antihypertensive agents

133 (20.9)

Antihypertensive agents

72 (24.9)

Diuretics

92 (14.5)

Diuretics

48 (16.6)

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents

51 (8.0)

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents

17 (5.9)

B group vitamins and minerals.

35 (5.5)

B group vitamins and minerals

16 (5.5)

General well-being, multiple use preparations like herbs, others

31 (4.9)

Beta-adrenergic blocking agents

13 (4.5)

Antidepressants

30 (4.7)

Hyperacidity, reflux and ulcers

12 (4.2)

Hyperacidity, reflux and ulcers

28 (4.4)

General well-being, multiple use preparations like herbs, others

10 (3.5)

Beta-adrenergic blocking agents

27 (4.3)

Antidepressants

9 (3.1)

Simple analgesics and antipyretics

24 (3.8)

Hypoglycaemic agents

9 (3.1)

Hypoglycaemic agents

16 (2.5)

Simple analgesics and antipyretics

8 (2.8)

  1. n = Absolute numbers; % = percentage