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Table 3 Results of multiple logistic- regression analysis of PIMs-related risk factors that can affect hospitalization

From: Multidrug use positively correlates with high-risk prescriptions in the Japanese elderly: a longitudinal study

 

Number of patients

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

p value

hospitalized/Total (%)

Age

 

0.99 (0.98–0.99)

.001**

Sex

 Male

1113/5653 (19.7)

1.56 (1.40–1.72)

< .001***

 Female

787/5588 (14.1)

  

Total number of drugs

 

1.06 (1.03–1.08)

< .001***

Number of medical departments

 

1.43 (1.29–1.59)

< .001***

Benzodiazepine derivatives

142/770 (18.4)

0.90 (0.74–1.10)

0.314

Non-benzodiazepine hypnotics

78/380 (20.5)

1.11 (0.85–1.45)

0.439

Tricyclic antidepressants

9/45 (20.0)

1.09 (0.51–2.35)

0.821

Sulpiride

2/24 (8.3)

0.36 (0.81–1.58)

0.173

Antiparkinsonian drugs

4/35 (11.4)

0.64 (0.22–1.84)

0.409

(anticholinergic drugs)

Combined therapy with multiple antithrombotic drugs

80/270 (29.7)

1.26 (0.94–1.69)

0.116

(antiplatelet drugs, anticoagulants)

Digoxin (>  0.125 mg/day)

1/6 (16.7)

0.27 (0.30–2.48)

0.249

Loop diuretics

198/596 (33.2)

1.73 (1.38–2.16)

< .001***

Alderostone antagonists

123/409 (30.1)

1.24 (0.95–1.61)

0.108

α1-Receptor blockers

20/105 (19.0)

0.74 (0.44–1.24)

0.25

nonselective for receptor subtypes

H1 receptor antagonists

11/49 (22.4)

0.98 (0.49–1.98)

0.965

(first generation)

H2 receptor antagonists

107/647 (16.5)

0.80 (0.64–0.99)

.044*

Antiemetic drugs

34/126 (27.0)

1.45 (0.96–2.19)

0.079

Sulfonylureas

27/173 (15.6)

0.71 (0.45–1.12)

0.14

Biguanides

49/291 (16.8)

0.82 (0.58–1.17)

0.274

Thiazolidine derivatives

10/89 (11.2)

0.53 (0.27–1.08)

0.079

α-Glucosidase inhibitors

45/212 (21.2)

1.04 (0.72–1.50)

0.847

SGLT2 inhibitors

4/40 (10.0)

0.48 (0.17–1.42)

0.185

Muscarinic receptor antagonists

18/139 (12.9)

0.58 (0.35–0.96)

0.036

Oxybutynin (oral)

0/3 (0)

NA

 

NSAIDs

197/836 (23.5)

1.29 (1.08–1.54)

.006**

  1. Adjusted for age, sex, number of medical departments, and use of other PIMs. The odds ratio (OR) was calculated using logistic regression analysis. p < .05 was considered statistically significant. *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001. NA, not applicable