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. 2018 Jan 5;13(1):e0190882. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190882

Table 3. Zero-inflated count regression models results.

Total potential DDIs (ZINB Model) Serious potential DDIs (ZIP Model) Significant potential DDIs (ZINB Model) Minor potential DDIs (ZIP Model)
Covariate (Count Equation-Not always 0) exp (β) n = 556 p value exp (β) n = 154 p value exp (β) n = 475 p value exp (β) n = 387 p value
Gender
Male Ref - - - - - - -
Female 1.18 0.013* 1.23 0.146 1.21 0.010* 1.01 0.897
Age (months) 1.001 0.018* 1.00 0.810 1.001 0.047* 1.001 0.038*
BMI Z-score 0.99 0.586 1.04 0.279 0.99 0.829 0.99 0.994
Days of stay 0.96 0.004* 0.98 0.265 0.96 0.005* 0.98 0.022*
Number of administered drugs 1.22 0.000* 1.08 0.000* 1.20 0.000* 1.12 0.000*
Presence of ADRs
No Ref - - - - - - -
Yes 0.92 0.457 1.14 0.491 0.87 0.224 1.19 0.065
Diagnoses
Othera Ref - - - - - - -
C00-D48 Neoplasms 0.67 0.001* 0.65 0.088 0.59 0.000* 0.75 0.007*
Q00-Q99 Congenital malformations 1.24 0.019* 1.36 0.089 1.32 0.005* 1.10 0.333
D50-D89 Dis. of Blood, Blood-forming Organs and Immunity 0.76 0.041* 0.71 0.308 0.78 0.094 0.79 0.136
G00-G99 Dis. of Nervous System 1.31 0.029* 0.88 0.641 1.08 0.537 1.57 0.000*
Covariate (Binary Equation- Always 0) exp (β) n = 359 p value
exp (β)
n = 359
p value exp (β)
n = 359
p value exp (β)
n = 359
p value
Gender
Male Ref - - - - - - -
Female 0.86 0.610 1.15 0.837 1.26 0.553 0.49 0.056
Age (months) 0.99 0.710 0.98 0.003* 0.99 0.814 0.99 0.412
BMI Z-score 0.99 0.958 0.88 0.458 1.04 0.552 1.04 0.676
Days of stay 1.09 0.171 0.95 0.713 1.14 0.167 1.08 0.325
Number of administered drugs 0.35 0.000* 0.21 0.000* 0.19 0.000* 0.28 0.000*
Presence of ADRs
No Ref - - - - - - -
Yes 1.78 0.335 2.06 0.498 5.69 0.040* 1.60 0.504
Diagnoses
Othera Ref - - - - - - -
C00-D48 Neoplasms 1.26 0.694 17.07 0.027* 1.46 0.641 0.95 0.942
Q00-Q99 Congenital malformations 0.31 0.003* 0.31 0.192 0.21 0.003* 0.35 0.049*
D50-D89 Dis. of Blood, Blood-forming Organs and Immunity 1.08 0.834 3.42 0.270 0.77 0.631 1.31 0.619
G00-G99 Dis. of Nervous System 0.16 0.035* 0.02 0.031* 0.01 0.196 0.28 0.141

a: A00-B99 Infectious and Parasitic Dis., E00-E90 Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Dis., F00-F99 Mental and Behavior Disord., H00-H59 Dis. Eye and Adnexa, I00-I99 Dis. Circulatory Syst., J00-J99 Dis. Respiratory Syst., K00-K93 Dis. Digestive Syst., L00-L99 Dis. Skin, M00-M99 Dis. Musculoskeletal Syst., N00-N99 Dis. Genitourinary Syst., P00-P96 Perinatal Origin, R00-R99 Not classified, S00-T98 Trauma, Poisoning and external cause, V01-Y98 External causes of morbidity-mortality, Z00-Z99 Health services.

* p < 0.05.