Table 1. General patients characteristics attendance in primary care.
Variable | Frequency (%) |
Gender | |
Female | 545 (65.9) |
Male | 282 (34.1) |
Age (mean ± SD) | 64.1±10.6 |
45–59 | 298 (36.0) |
60–69 | 282 (34.1) |
70–79 | 172 (20.8) |
≥80 | 75 (9.1) |
Drugs (mean ± SD) | 4.4±1.8 |
2 | 109 (13.2) |
3–4 | 361 (43.7) |
5–6 | 245 (29.6) |
>7 | 112 (13.5) |
Number of DDIs a per patient (mean ± SD) | 2.5±1.9 |
1 | 203 (39.0) |
2 | 117 (22.5) |
3 | 96 (18.4) |
4–5 | 64 (12.3) |
6–14 | 41 (7.8) |
Number of major DDIs per patient (mean ± SD) | 1.2±0.5 |
1 | 81 (81.0) |
2 | 16 (16.0) |
3 | 3 (3.0) |
Drug-drug interaction.