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. 2024 Feb 6;80(4):603–612. doi: 10.1007/s00228-024-03633-5

Table 2.

PIMs identified according to the EU(7)-PIM list, Beers 2019, and STOPP v2 criteria

EU(7)-PIM list Beers 2019 STOPP v2
No. of PIMs* 1467 1824 980
Mean PIM/older adult (SD) 1.2 (SD 1.3) 1.5 (SD 1.5) 0.8 (SD 1.1)
n % 95% CI n % 95% CI n % 95% CI
No. of older adults with at least 1 PIM 766 63.8% 61.1–66.6% 802 66.8% 64.1–69.5% 601 50.1% 47.2–53.0%
No. of older adults with 1 PIM 369 30.8% 28.2–33.5% 298 24.8% 22.4–27.4% 355 29.6% 27.0–32.2%
No. of older adults with 2 PIMs 208 17.3% 15.2–19.6% 219 18.3% 16.1–20.6% 152 12.7%, 10.8–14.7%
No. of older adults with 3 PIMs 112 9.3% 7.8–11.1% 139 11.6% 9.8–13.5% 69 5.8% 4.5–7.2%
No. of older adults with 4 PIMs 47 3.9% 2.9–5.2% 85 7.1% 5.7–8.7% 15 1.2% 0.7–2.1%
No. of older adults with ≥ 5 PIMs 30 2.5% 1.7–3.6% 61 5.1% 3.9–6.5% 10 0.8% 0.4–1.5%

CI confidence interval, PIM potentially inappropriate medications

Asterisk (*) symbol means an older adult can have more than one PIM