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Table 1 Descriptive data, by sex and age groups, of the multimorbid patients (n = 164,513) aged 65–94 years attended in 2009 at primary healthcare centres located in Barcelona

From: Medication patterns in older adults with multimorbidity: a cluster analysis of primary care patients

 

Women

Men

 

65–79 years

80–94 years

65–79 years

80–94 years

Participants n (%)

78,008 (47.4)

31,848 (19.4)

41,931 (25.5)

12,726 (7.7)

Number drugs n (%)

 1–4

40,931 (52.5)

11,374 (35.7)

22,703 (54.1)

4868 (38.3)

 5–9

31,500 (40.4)

16,460 (51.7)

16,339 (39.0)

6268 (49.3)

 ≥10

5577 (7.1)

4014 (12.6)

2889 (6.9)

1590 (12.5)

Median number of drugs (IQRa)

4 (3–7)

6 (4–8)

4 (2–6)

5 (3–8)

Number of chronic diseases n (%)

 2

2806 (3.6)

1125 (3.5)

1792 (4.3)

410 (3.2)

 [3–5]

20,301 (26.0)

7689 (24.1)

12,484 (29.8)

3090 (24.3)

 [6–9]

33,089 (42.4)

13,495 (42.4)

17,955 (42.8)

5562 (43.7)

 ≥10

21,812 (28.0)

9539 (30.0)

9700 (23.1)

3664 (28.8)

Median number of chronic diseases (IQRa)

7 (5–10)

8 (5–10)

7 (5–9)

7 (5–10)

  1. IQRa Interquartile range