Table 3.

Medication Characteristics of the Study Subjects

Variable		Mean (±SD) or n (%)	Number of DRPs	Spearman Correlation Coefficient	P-value*
			Mean (±SD)
Medications frequency
	Once	28 (5.70)	2.75 (1.69)		0.040
	Twice	285 (58.04)	3.22 (1.82)
	Three times and more	178 (36.25)	3.54 (1.80)
Number of diabetes medications	Ranging from (1–4) medication per patient	1.84 (±0.82)		0.081	0.074
Number of total medications	Ranging from (2–14) medication per patient	7.23 (±2.58)		0.082	0.068

Notes: *Statistical significance was set at a 2-sided P<0.05. Total population (n=491).

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.