Table 3.

Odds ratios (95% confidence interval) for ≥1 potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) and/or ≥1 potential prescription omissions (PPOs), identified by the STOPP and START criteria, respectively, according to characteristics of the patient

	≥1 PIMs/PPOs according to			≥1 clinically relevant PIMs/PPOs according to
	STOPP/START	STOPP	START	STOPP/START	STOPP	START
Age	1.05 (0.98; 1.12)	1.02 (0.97; 1.08)	1.02 (0.97; 10.7)	0.99 (0.93; 1.04) 1.04 (0.98; 1.10)	1.01 (0.96; 1.06) 1.04 (0.98; 1.10)	0.98 (0.93; 1.03) 1.03 (0.98; 1.08)
Sex	0.73 (0.28; 1.92)	0.59 (0.27; 1.29)	0.81 (0.42; 1.58)	0.80 (0.37; 1.70) 0.72 (0.30; 1.73)	1.24 (0.62; 2.46) 0.66 (0.31; 1.42)	1.05 (0.55; 2.01) 0.97 (0.52; 1.80)
MDD	10.6 (1.60; 70.1)	2.55 (0.87; 7.48)	2.23 (0.89; 5.60)	7.95 (2.35; 26.9) 6.96 (1.50; 32.3)	2.90 (1.14; 7.38) 2.50 (0.88; 7.09)	1.82 (0.77; 4.30) 2.01 (0.86; 4.72)
Impaired cognition	1.28 (0.37; 4.40)	0.95 (0.37; 2.42)	1.52 (0.68; 3.39)	0.54 (0.20; 1.45) 1.13 (0.38; 3.38)	0.69 (0.30; 1.59) 0.94 (0.38; 2.34)	1.03 (0.48; 2.24) 1.23 (0.59; 2.58)
Nursing home resident	0.29 (0.05; 1.77)	1.31 (0.44; 3.99)	0.46 (0.19; 1.16)	0.52 (0.17; 1.63) 0.22 (0.05; 1.00)	1.17 (0.47; 2.89) 0.95 (0.33; 2.72)	0.60 (0.27; 1.35) 0.34 (0.15; 0.76)
Number of drugs	1.28 (1.11; 1.48)	1.35 (1.19; 1.53)	1.08 (0.99; 1.17)	1.28 (1.14; 1.43) 1.24 (1.09; 1.40)	1.27 (1.15; 1.41) 1.37 (1.21; 1.54)	1.08 (0.99; 1.17) 1.03 (0.96; 1.12)

Figures in italics represent results in the sensitivity analysis where not assessable PIMs/PPOs were categorized as clinically relevant. Odds ratios which do not cross the line of unity are underlined

STOPP screening tool of older person’s potentially inappropriate prescription, START screening tool to alert to right treatment, MDD multi-dose drug dispensing