Table 3.
Distribution of medicines according to the therapeutic class and mean, standard deviation (SD), median (Md), and minimum (Min) and maximum (Max) values of TSSC and sugar content
| Therapeutic class |
TSSC |
Sugar content |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Md | Min | Max | Mean (SD) | Md | Min | Max | |
| Analgesics |
55.6 (15.8) |
62.0 |
25.5 |
69.6 |
33.7 (0.8) |
33.7 |
32.9 |
34.6 |
| Antibacterials |
57.0 (11.9) |
61.3 |
33.3 |
64.9 |
30.7 (21.3) |
30.0 |
7.31 |
54.8 |
| Anticonvulsants |
41.1 (20.2) |
43.4 |
20.2 |
65.3 |
51.7 (5.2) |
54.8 |
45.6 |
54.8 |
| Antiemeticsa |
10.4 (15.4) |
2.0 |
1.0 |
28.2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory |
31.5 (19.7) |
26.5 |
14.8 |
58.2 |
40.0 (16.5) |
40.0 |
28.4 |
51.7 |
| Antihistamines |
48.4 (9.9) |
50.5 |
29.1 |
60.7 |
27.7 (17.6) |
22.9 |
13.4 |
30.3 |
| Antiparasitics |
26.5 (18.0) |
24.3 |
3.5 |
58.5 |
18.2 (7.6) |
18.3 |
10.1 |
25.8 |
| Antipsychotics |
31.4 (26.4) |
46.3 |
1.0 |
47.0 |
21.9 (1.4) |
21.9 |
20.9 |
22.9 |
| Antitussives |
45.3 (13.9) |
46.6 |
29.5 |
58.5 |
53.2 (2.1) |
53.2 |
51.7 |
54.8 |
| Bronchodilators |
31.1 (20.0) |
33.0 |
1.4 |
56.0 |
32.9 (13.6) |
30.4 |
19.2 |
51.7 |
| Corticosteroids | 33.2 (12.3) | 32.1 | 20.0 | 48.5 | 25.1 (4.3) | 27.7 | 20.1 | 27.7 |
aAbsence of sugar in the composition.