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Table 4 Medications taken by Israeli older adult participants according to survey

From: Comparisons in polypharmacy over a decade in community-dwelling older adults-findings from Israel national health and nutrition surveys

ATC

Group name

Mabat Zahav 1

N = 10,012 drugs

Mabat Zahav 2

N = 4551 drugs

P –value

  

n

% of total

n

% of total

 

A

Alimentary tract and metabolism:

     

  A02

Drugs for acid related disorders

471

4.7

255

5.6

0.021*

  A10

Drugs used in Diabetes

640

6.4

337

7.4

0.024*

B

Blood and blood forming organs:

     

  B01

Anti- Thrombotic Agents

922

9.2

444

9.8

0.29

C

Cardiovascular system:

     

  C02

Antihypertensives

162

1.6

57

1.3

0.10

  C03

Diuretics

533

5.3

160

3.5

 < .0001*

  C07

Beta Blocking Agents

692

6.9

296

6.5

0.36

  C08

Calcium Channel Blockers

552

5.5

232

5.1

0.30

  C09

Agents acting on the Renin-Angiotensin System

788

7.9

407

8.9

0.025*

  C10

Lipid modifying agents

976

9.8

562

12.4

 < .0001*

M

Musculo-skeletal system:

     

  M01

Anti-inflammatory and Anti-rheumatic Products

241

2.4

41

0.9

 < .0001*

  M05B

Drugs Affecting Bone Structure and mineralization

213

2.1

40

0.9

 < .0001*

N

Nervous system:

     

  N02AA

Natural opium alkaloids

122

1.2

53

1.2

0.78

  N05CD

Sleeping

288

2.9

121

2.7

0.47

  N06A

Antidepressants

151

1.5

97

2.1

0.007*

  1. The certain drug classes represent 67.3% and 68% of total drugs taken in MZ1 and MZ2, respectively
  2. ATC Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification of drugs
  3. *P-value for the differences between surveys (Mabat Zahav 1 and 2), examined by Chi-square test. *Significant difference according to the Benjamini–Hochberg procedure (BH step-up procedure) controls the false discovery rate (FDR) at level alpha = 0.05
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