Table 5.

Results of the logistic regression model for the dependent variable: whether or not a patient was prescribed BZDs, at least once, during the year 2006

	Coefficient	P value	Odds ratio	95% CI
Intercept	-1.71	<0.0001
Gender (ref = male)	0.05	0.009	1.05	1.01	1.10
Age (ref = <65)	0.18	<0.0001	1.2	1.11	1.3
Health care consumption (ref = >4 consultations/year)	0.57	<0.0001	1.76	1.62	1.92
Cardiovascular diseases (ref = no)	0.22	<0.0001	1.25	1.17	1.33
Arthropathic diseases (ref = no)	0.07	0.009	1.07	1.01	1.13
Anxiety (ref = no)	1.98	<0.0001	7.29	5.86	9.05
Depression (ref = no)	1.95	<0.0001	7.03	6.03	8.2
Insomnia (ref = no)	2.22	<0.0001	9.25	7.26	11.7
Gender*age	0.24	<0.0001
Gender * Health care consumption	- 0.09	0.017
Age* Cardiovascular diseases	-0.14	0.009
Age* Depression	-0.51	<0.0001
Anxiety *Depression	-1.19	<0.0001
Depression*Insomnia	- 0.68	0.007