Table 1.
Prescription of antibiotics and anxiolytics/hypnotics (at least one prescription in 2008) for asthmatic and non-asthmatic patients in France and in Italy according to patient age
| Asthmatic patient | Non-asthmatic patient | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | Yes | No | OR (95% CI) | |
| Antibiotics | |||||
| France | |||||
| Patients | 1147 (37.1) | 1946 (62.9) | 190641 (29.1) | 465037 (70.1) | 1.43 (1.33-1.54) |
| [13-17] | 169 (14.7) | 316 (16.2) | 24249 (12.7) | 69162 (14.9) | |
| [18-29] | 433 (37.7) | 784 (40.3) | 81854 (42.9) | 211543 (45.5) | |
| [30-40] | 545 (47.5) | 846 (43.5) | 84538 (44.3) | 184332 (39.6) | |
| Italy | |||||
| Patients | 1634 (42.1) | 2244 (57.9) | 96406 (36.2) | 169550 (63.8) | 1.28 (1.20-1.37) |
| [13–17] | 180 (11.0) | 238 (10.6) | 10990 (11.4) | 20334 (12.0) | |
| [18–29] | 528 (32.3) | 839 (37.4) | 37915 (39.3) | 65213 (38.5) | |
| [30–40] | 926 (56.7) | 1167 (52.0) | 47501 (49.3) | 84003 (49.5) | |
| Anxiolytics/Hypnotics | |||||
| France | |||||
| Patients | 551 (17.8) | 2542 (82.2) | 62003 (9.5) | 593675 (90.5) | 2.08 (1.90-2.29) |
| [13–17] | 28 (5.1) | 457 (18.0) | 3010 (4.9) | 90401 (15.2) | |
| [18–29] | 185 (33.6) | 1032 (40.6) | 24513 (39.5) | 268884 (45.3) | |
| [30–40] | 338 (61.3) | 1053 (41.4) | 34480 (55.6) | 234390 (39.5) | |
| Italy | |||||
| Patients | 267 (6.9) | 3611 (93.1) | 8454 (3.2) | 257502 (96.8) | 2.19 (1.93-2.48) |
| [13–17] | 9 (3.4) | 409 (11.3) | 179 (2.1) | 31145 (12.1) | |
| [18–29] | 56 (21.0) | 1311 (36.3) | 2393 (28.3) | 100735 (39.1) | |
| [30–40] | 202 (75.6) | 1891 (52.4) | 5882 (69.6) | 125622 (48.8) | |
Data are presented as n (%) and OR denotes odds ratios adjusted on age and presented with their 95% confidence interval.