Table 1 Demographic overview and exposure to potentially inappropriate prescribing for all individuals enrolled in LiLACS NZ at each time point
Baseline (n = 671) | 12-months (n = 510) | 24-months (n = 403) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Māori (n = 267) | Non-Māori (n = 404) | P value | Māori (n = 178) | Non-Māori (n = 332) | P value | Māori (n = 122) | Non-Māori (n = 281) | P value | |
Age (years, mean ± SD) | 82.27 ± 2.64 | 84.56 ± 0.53 | < 0.01* | 83.16 ± 2.60 | 85.52 ± 0.51 | < 0.01* | 84.22 ± 2.58 | 86.54 ± 0.51 | < 0.01* |
Female n (%) | 160 (59.9) | 214 (53.0) | 0.50† | 107 (60.1) | 177 (53.3) | 0.14† | 78 (63.9) | 146 (52.0) | 0.03† |
Number of all medicines prescribed (mean ± SD) | 4.63 ± 3.24 | 4.92 ± 3.18 | 0.25* | 5.38 ± 3.57 | 5.29 ± 3.33 | 0.78* | 5.69 ± 3.53 | 5.56 ± 3.34 | 0.68* |
Socioeconomic deprivation (NZDep) n (%) 0–4 5–7 8–10 | 37 (13.9) 65 (24.3) 165 (61.8) | 101 (25.0) 171 (42.3) 132 (32.7) | < 0.01‡ | 27 (15.2) 46 (25.8) 105 (59.0) | 83 (25.0) 143 (43.1) 106 (31.3) | < 0.01‡ | 16 (13.1) 35 (28.7) 71 (58.2) | 71 (25.3) 124 (44.1) 86 (30.6) | < 0.01‡ |
Individuals with ≥1 PIM n (%) | 65 (24.3) | 113 (28.0) | 0.17† | 62 (34.8) | 125 (37.7) | 0.53† | 43 (35.3) | 110 (39.2) | 0.46† |
Individuals with ≥1 PPO n (%) | 155 (58.1) | 198 (49.0) | 0.01† | 119 (66.9) | 194 (58.4) | 0.06† | 80 (65.6) | 172 (61.2) | 0.41† |
Individuals with ≥1 PIM and/or PPO n (%) | 175 (65.5) | 251 (62.1) | 0.20† | 134 (75.3) | 234 (70.5) | 0.25† | 88 (72.1) | 206 (73.3) | 0.81† |