Table 2 Characteristics of participants with and without polypharmacy
Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No Polypharmacy | Polypharmacy | P -value† | No Polypharmacy | Polypharmacy | P -value† | |
(N = 312) | (N = 98) | (N = 331) | (N = 125) | |||
Subjective economic status (%) | 0.051 | 0.031 | ||||
Economically difficult | 80 (26.5) | 16 (16.8) | 59 (18.7) | 37 (30.1) | ||
Usually adequate | 152 (50.3) | 61 (64.2) | 180 (57.0) | 58 (47.2) | ||
Economically adequate | 70 (23.2) | 18 (18.9) | 77 (24.4) | 28 (22.8) | ||
Drinking habits (current; %) | 200 (66.2) | 58 (61.1) | 0.357 | 47 (14.9) | 7 (5.7) | 0.009 |
Smoking habits (current; %) | 51 (16.9) | 15 (15.8) | 0.802 | 7 (2.2) | 5 (4.1) | 0.286 |
Body mass index (≥ 25; %) | 65 (21.5) | 26 (27.4) | 0.237 | 64 (20.3) | 31 (25.2) | 0.258 |
IADL (dependent; %) | 52 (17.2) | 19 (20.0) | 0.537 | 3 (0.9) | 3 (2.4) | 0.227 |
Depressive mood (depressive; %) | 52 (17.2) | 21 (22.1) | 0.284 | 57 (18.0) | 32 (26.0) | 0.062 |
Number of chronic diseases (%) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
0–1 | 127 (42.1) | 13 (13.7) | 115 (36.4) | 9 (7.3) | ||
2 | 88 (29.1) | 13 (13.7) | 92 (29.1) | 24 (19.5) | ||
≥ 3 | 87 (28.8) | 69 (72.6) | 109 (34.5) | 90 (73.2) | ||
Personality traits (mean ± SD) | ||||||
Neuroticism | 20.4 ± 5.4 | 21.8 ± 4.9 | 0.020 | 21.9 ± 5.4 | 23.2 ± 5.6 | 0.021 |
Extraversion | 26.3 ± 5.2 | 26.0 ± 5.6 | 0.686 | 27.0 ± 5.2 | 25.6 ± 5.1 | 0.012 |
Openness | 26.4 ± 4.4 | 26.0 ± 3.9 | 0.424 | 27.2 ± 4.3 | 27.5 ± 4.6 | 0.483 |
Agreeableness | 30.5 ± 4.2 | 30.6 ± 4.1 | 0.934 | 32.9 ± 4.4 | 32.4 ± 4.5 | 0.376 |
Conscientiousness | 30.1 ± 4.8 | 29.8 ± 4.6 | 0.640 | 30.1 ± 5.3 | 30.0 ± 4.7 | 0.839 |