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

Guisado-Clavero, Marina; Violán, Concepción; López-Jimenez, Tomàs; Roso-Llorach, Albert; Pons-Vigués, Mariona; Muñoz, Miguel Angel; Foguet-Boreu, Quintí

doi:10.1186/s12875-019-0969-9

BMC Primary Care

Table 2 The ten most commonly prescribed drugs in 2009 for multimorbid patients (n = 164,513) aged 65–94 years, by sex and age groups, attended at primary healthcare centres located in Barcelona

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

	Women				Men
	ATC code^a	Drug name	N	%	ATC code^a	Drug name	N	%
65–79 years	A02BC	Proton pump inhibitors	32,634	41.8	C10AA	HMG CoA reductase inhibitors	18,188	43.4
	C10AA	HMG CoA reductase inhibitors	32,004	41.0	A02BC	Proton pump inhibitors	15,170	36.2
	N05BA	Benzodiazepine derivatives	20,649	26.5	B01AC	Platelet aggregation inhibitors excl. Heparin	13,872	33.1
	N02BE	Anilides	18,434	23.6	C09AA	ACE inhibitors, plain	9748	23.2
	B01AC	Platelet aggregation inhibitors excl. Heparin	15,338	19.7	G04CA	Alpha-adrenoreceptor antagonists	7235	17.3
	C09AA	ACE inhibitors, plain	13,578	17.4	A10BA	Biguanides	6306	15.0
	M05BA	Bisphosphonates	13,309	17.1	N05BA	Benzodiazepine derivatives	6019	14.4
	N06AB	Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors	11,522	14.8	C08CA	Dihydropyridine derivatives	5996	14.3
	C03AA	Thiazides, plain	10,112	13.0	C07AB	Beta blocking agents, selective	5934	14.2
	C09CA	Angiotensin II antagonists, plain	9231	11.8	N02BE	Anilides	5625	13.4
80–94 years	A02BC	Proton pump inhibitors	16,496	51.8	A02BC	Proton pump inhibitors	5877	46.2
	N02BE	Anilides	11,370	35.7	B01AC	Platelet aggregation inhibitors excl. Heparin	5641	44.3
	C10AA	HMG CoA reductase inhibitors	11,222	35.2	C10AA	HMG CoA reductase inhibitors	4657	36.6
	B01AC	Platelet aggregation inhibitors excl. Heparin	10,512	33.0	C09AA	ACE inhibitors, plain	3235	25.4
	N05BA	Benzodiazepine derivatives	9633	30.2	N02BE	Anilides	2638	20.7
	C09AA	ACE inhibitors, plain	7223	22.7	G04CA	Alpha-adrenoreceptor antagonists	2601	20.4
	C08CA	Dihydropyridine derivatives	5283	16.6	N05BA	Benzodiazepine derivatives	2313	18.2
	C03CA	Sulfonamides, plain	5265	16.5	C08CA	Dihydropyridine derivatives	2260	17.8
	N06AB	Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors	5258	16.5	C03CA	Sulfonamides, plain	1930	15.2
	C09CA	Angiotensin II antagonists, plain	4502	14.1	C01DA	Organic nitrates	1622	12.7

Code^a: chemical subgroup, 4rt level, ATC code (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification) from the World Health Organization (Additional file 1)
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