Potentially inappropriate medications among older patients with Parkinson’s disease: a cross-sectional analysis of a national health insurance database in China

Table 2 Factors associated with receipt of any motor-impairing PIMs among older adults with Parkinson’s disease in China, 2015–2017 (n = 14,452)

Characteristic	PIM exposure	PIM rate (%)	Adjusted rate ^a	OR	95% CI
Total	2,464	17.0	17.1	-	-	-
Age
65–74	1,302	19.7	19.4	ref	ref	ref
75–84	962	14.3	14.6	0.71^***	0.64	0.78
≥ 85	200	17.5	17.7	0.90	0.76	1.06
Gender
Female	1,315	20.5	20.0	ref	ref	ref
Male	1,149	14.3	14.6	0.68^***	0.62	0.74
Insurance type
URRBMI	521	23.3	21.3	ref	ref	ref
UEBMI	1,943	15.9	16.2	0.71^***	0.64	0.80
Region
Eastern	1,107	17.6	17.4	ref	ref	ref
Central	824	17.9	18.1	1.05	0.95	1.16
Western	533	15.0	15.2	0.85^**	0.76	0.95

Abbreviations: PIM potentially inappropriate medication, OR odds ratio, 95% CI 95% confidence interval, URRBMI Urban Rural Resident Basic Medical Insurance, UEBMI Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance
^aadjusted by generalized linear model with logit link function and binomial distribution, using marginal standardization approach
^*p < 0.05
^**p < 0.01
^***p < 0.001

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