Predictors of polypharmacy among elderly Thais with depressive and anxiety disorders: findings from the DAS study

BMC Geriatrics

Table 4 Predictors of the number of drugs used

Variables	Adjusted	95% Confidence Interval		Adjusted p value
Variables	Odds ratio	Lower Bound	Upper Bound	Adjusted p value
Age	0.992	0.973	1.012	0.432
Gender	0.932	0.701	1.241	0.631
Education	1.170	0.941	1.454	0.157
Income	0.938	0.779	1.13	0.501
Health care privilege	1.028	0.936	1.129	0.558
Hypertension	1.985	1.420	2.775	< 0.001
Diabetes mellitus	1.864	1.122	3.098	0.016
Dyslipidemia	0.511	0.325	0.803	0.004
Depressive disorder	1.470	1.080	2.001	0.014
Anxiety disorder	4.402	2.630	7.367	< 0.001
Neuroticism	1.127	0.344	1.393	0.410
Number of diseases	2.140	1.874	2.445	< 0.001

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