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. 2016 Oct 20;11(10):e0164972. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164972

Table 4. Incidence of exposure to drugs for which pre-emptive pharmacogenomic testing is available.

Characteristic CCAE (age 0–13) CCAE (age 14–39) CCAE (age 40–64) Medicaid (age 0–13) Medicaid (age 14–39) Medicaid (age 40–64) Medicare (age > = 65)
n 9 893 962 22 824 848 26 561 525 4 151 506 3 032 191 1 130 797 5 429 266
Female 48.1% 57.5% 54.8% 48.4% 69.3% 60.8% 55.2%
Age (median, mean) 6, 6.01 27, 26.3 51, 51.23 5, 5.14 21, 22.5 50, 50.57 72, 73.82
Fraction of patients with incident use of a given minimum number of distinct PGx drugs within the observed four-year time window. First value for pre-emptive scenario, second value in brackets for 'reactive pre-emptive' scenario.
> = 1 drugs 11.2% (100.0%) 30.4% (100.0%) 42.2% (100.0%) 14.0% (100.0%) 40.2% (100.0%) 55.5% (100.0%) 50.6% (100.0%)
> = 2 drugs 1.1% (9.9%) 9.1% (30.0%) 17.8% (42.2%) 1.8% (12.1%) 15.3% (38.1%) 32.8% (59.0%) 27.5% (54.4%)
> = 3 drugs 0.2% (2.1%) 3.1% (10.2%) 7.5% (17.8%) 0.5% (3.3%) 6.5% (16.1%) 18.5% (33.1%) 13.8% (27.3%)
> = 4 drugs 0.1% (0.5%) 1.1% (3.8%) 3.1% (7.4%) 0.1% (0.9%) 2.9% (7.2%) 9.9% (17.8%) 6.4% (12.7%)
> = 5 drugs 0.0% (0.%) 0.4% (1.4%) 1.3% (3.0%) 0.0% (0.3%) 1.3% (3.2%) 5.0% (9.1%) 2.8% (5.5%)
> = 6 drugs 0.0% (0.0%) 0.2% (0.6%) 0.5% (1.2%) 0.0% (0.1%) 0.6% (1.5%) 2.4% (4.3%) 1.1% (2.3%)
PGx drugs with most frequent incident use within four-year time window
Rank 1 Codeine (7.2%) Codeine (9.4%) Codeine (9.5%) Codeine (8.8%) Oxycodone (15.0%) Oxycodone (15.8%) Simvastatin (13.4%)
Rank 2 Lansoprazole (1.7%) Oxycodone (7.8%) Oxycodone (8.8%) Lansoprazole (1.4%) Codeine (10.6%) Tramadol (13.8%) Metoprolol (10.8%)
Rank 3 Omeprazole (0.6%) Tramadol (4.0%) Simvastatin (8.2%) Risperidone (1.1%) Tramadol (8.3%) Omeprazole (10.9%) Omeprazole (9.2%)
Rank 4 Atomoxetine (0.5%) Sertraline (3.2%) Omeprazole (6.2%) Omeprazole (1.0%) Citalopram (4.8%) Simvastatin (9.6%) Tramadol (8.5%)
Rank 5 Sertraline (0.5%) Omeprazole (3.1%) Tramadol (6.2%) Oxycodone (0.7%) Omeprazole (4.6%) Citalopram (7.6%) Codeine (8.2%)
Rank 6 Risperidone (0.4%) Citalopram (2.9%) Metoprolol (4.4%) Atomoxetine (0.6%) Sertraline (4.3%) Metoprolol (7.3%) Oxycodone (8.0%)
Rank 7 Oxycodone (0.3%) Escitalopram (2.2%) Citalopram (3.3%) Sertraline (0.6%) Aripiprazole (1.9%) Codeine (7.1%) Warfarin (5.6%)
Rank 8 Aripiprazole (0.2%) Pantoprazole (1.3%) Sertraline (2.8%) Aripiprazole (0.5%) Risperidone (1.8%) Sertraline (4.4%) Clopidogrel (5.1%)

CCAE: Truven MarketScan® Commercial Claims and Encounters dataset. PGx drugs: drugs for which pharmacogenomic guidelines are available.