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. 2012 Oct 10;7(10):e47062. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047062

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)
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