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Table 5 Factors related to the potential drug-drug interactions

From: Potential drug-drug and drug-disease interactions in prescriptions for ambulatory patients over 50 years of age in family medicine clinics in Mexico City

Variables

Odds ratio

95% Confidence intervals

Adjusted Odds Ratio

95% Confidence intervals

Patient age ≥ 60

2.44*

1.59 – 3.75

1.66*

1.01 – 2.74

Cardiovascular disease

9.37*

6.09 – 14.41

7.26*

4.61 – 11.44

Number of medicines ≥ 5

5.76*

3.82 – 8.69

4.34*

2.76 – 6.83

  1. Adjustment variables: number of disease ≥ 3 and endocrine, alimentary and metabolic disease.
  2. Goodness of fit > 0.05
  3. *P < 0.05
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