Table 2.
Mefenamic acid | Ibuprofen | Diclofenac | Naproxen | ||||||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Total | 925 | 17 302 | 3385 | 1325 | |||||
Median (interquartile range; min–max) Age, (years) | 17(14–25; 0–83) | 23(2–29; 0–98) | 29 (3–40; 0–94) | 32(20–45: 0–94) | |||||
Gender | Female | 791 | 85.5% | 9817 | 56.8% | 1844 | 54.5% | 693 | 52.3% |
Male | 128 | 13.8% | 7324 | 42.3% | 1513 | 44.7% | 626 | 47.2% | |
Unknown | 6 | 0.7% | 161 | 0.9% | 28 | 0.8% | 6 | 0.5% | |
Co‐administration | 464 | 50.20% | 9212 | 53.2% | 2085 | 61.6% | 778 | 58.7% | |
Circumstances | Intentional | 635 | 68.6% | 7955 | 46.0% | 1790 | 52.9% | 724 | 54.6% |
Accidental (e.g. therapeutic errors) | 244 | 26.4% | 8888 | 51.4% | 1486 | 43.9% | 548 | 41.4% | |
Drug misuse | 1 | 0.1% | 56 | 0.3% | 6 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% | |
Other/Unknown | 45 | 4.9% | 403 | 2.3% | 103 | 3.0% | 51 | 3.8% | |
Exposure type | Acute (<1 h) | 643 | 69.5% | 11 602 | 67.1% | 2238 | 66.1% | 761 | 57.4% |
Staggered (1–24 h) | 89 | 9.6% | 3361 | 19.4% | 447 | 13.2% | 208 | 15.7% | |
Subacute (1 day to 1 month) | 22 | 2.4% | 1142 | 6.6% | 204 | 6.0% | 97 | 7.3% | |
Chronic (>1 month) | 1 | 0.1% | 142 | 0.8% | 27 | 0.8% | 22 | 1.7% | |
Acute on chronic | 5 | 0.5% | 11 | 0.1% | 8 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.3% | |
Acute on therapeutic | 146 | 15.8% | 844 | 4.9% | 399 | 11.8% | 191 | 14.4% | |
Other/Unknown | 19 | 2.1% | 200 | 1.1% | 62 | 1.9% | 42 | 3.2% |