Table 4.

Medication use six months prior to baseline by age at enrolment

	Age group, years
	5–10 (N = 66)	11–15 (N = 36)	16–20 (N = 17)	21–30 (N = 22)	31–40 (N = 14)	41–50 (N = 15)	51–60 (N = 8)	≥ 61 (N = 8)
Total medication count per patient
n	66	36	17	22	14	15	8	8
Mean (SD)	0.5 (1.42)	0.3 (0.73)	0.6 (0.93)	0.5 (1.41)	0.2 (0.43)	1.0 (1.60)	1.3 (1.28)	1.3 (2.05)
Median	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5
Min, Max	0, 8	0, 3	0, 3	0, 6	0, 1	0, 5	0, 3	0, 6
Total medication frequency, n (%)
0	52 (78.8%)	31 (86.1%)	10 (58.8%)	17 (77.3%)	11 (78.6%)	9 (60.0%)	3 (37.5%)	4 (50.0%)
1	5 (7.6%)	3 (8.3%)	4 (23.5%)	3 (13.6%)	3 (21.4%)	2 (13.3%)	2 (25.0%)	2 (25.0%)
2	5 (7.6%)	0	2 (11.8%)	0	0	2 (13.3%)	1 (12.5%)	1 (12.5%)
3	1 (1.5%)	2 (5.6%)	1 (5.9%)	1 (4.5%)	0	0	2 (25.0%)	0
≥ 4	3 (4.5%)	0	0	1 (4.5%)	0	2 (13.3%)	0	1 (12.5%)
ATC Level 1 Term, n (%)
Alimentary tract and metabolism	5 (7.6%)	1 (2.8%)	0	1 (4.5%)	0	2 (13.3%)	1 (12.5%)	1 (12.5%)
Antiinfectives for systemic use	6 (9.1%)	1 (2.8%)	3 (17.6%)	1 (4.5%)	0	0	0	0
Blood and blood forming organs	0	1 (2.8%)	2 (11.8%)	0	2 (14.3%)	0	0	0
Cardiovascular system	0	0	0	0	0	1 (6.7%)	1 (12.5%)	2 (25.0%)
Dermatologicals	2 (3.0%)	0	0	0	0	1 (6.7%)	0	1 (12.5%)
Genito-urinary system and sex hormones	0	0	1 (5.9%)	0	0	2 (13.3%)	1 (12.5%)	0
Musculo-skeletal system	0	1 (2.8%)	1 (5.9%)	0	0	3 (20.0%)	2 (25.0%)	1 (12.5%)
Nervous system	0	2 (5.6%)	2 (11.8%)	3 (13.6%)	0	2 (13.3%)	2 (25.0%)	1 (12.5%)
Respiratory system	5 (7.6%)	3 (8.3%)	0	1 (4.5%)	1 (7.1%)	0	1 (12.5%)	0
Sensory organs	2 (3.0%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (12.5%)
Systemic hormonal preparations (excluding sex hormones and insulins)	2 (3.0%)	0	0	0	0	1 (6.7%)	0	0

ATC Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical, max Maximum, min Minimum, SD Standard deviation