Table 2.

Types of medicine purchased by users of apothecaries and pharmacies according to language.

Type of medicine purchased by participants	All n = 11,346		Quechua/Other n = 293		Spanish n = 1053		p-valuea
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Antibiotics							0.110
No	8335	74.60	206	71.02	8129	74.68
Yes	3011	25.40	87	28.98	2924	25.32
NSAIDs							0.308
No	8258	73.65	208	71.49	8050	73.70
Yes	3088	26.35	75	28.51	3003	26.30
Gastrointestinal							0.838
No	10055	88.46	266	88.72	9252	88.46
Yes	1291	11.54	27	11.28	1801	11.54
Analgesics/Antipyretics/Corticoids							0.857
No	7469	67.44	200	67.72	7269	67.44
Yes	3877	32.56	93	32.28	3789	32.56
Antihistamines/Respiratory pathologies							<0.001
No	9518	84.46	266	67.72	9252	67.44
Yes	1828	15.54	27	32.28	1801	32.56
Nutritional supplement							0.023
No	10730	94.37	280	96.61	10450	94.32
Yes	616	5.63	13	3.39	603	5.68
Cardiac pathologies							0.687
No	10852	95.51	278	95.14	10574	95.51
Yes	494	4.49	15	4.86	479	4.49
Antiparasitic/Antiviral/Antimycotic							0.061
No	10782	95.18	272	93.89	10510	95.21
Yes	564	4.82	21	6.11	543	4.79
Metabolic disorders							<0.001
No	11116	97.91	290	99.53	10826	97.87
Yes	230	2.09	3	0.47	227	2.13
Neurological pathologies							0.966
No	10889	95.82	282	95.77	10607	95.82
Yes	457	4.18	11	4.23	446	4.18
Other							0.494
No	10116	88.54	254	87.58	9862	88.56
Yes	1230	11.46	39	12.42	1191	11.44

95%CI: 95 % Confidence intervals.

Weights and the design effect of the complex survey sampling were included.

^aRefers to the statistical significance obtained from the comparison of the proportions between the categories of the variables considering the complex sampling of the survey.