Table 3.
Most common diagnoses of the population according to polypharmacy status
| Diagnoses | All subjects | Polypharmacy < 10 substances | Excessive polypharmacy ≥10 substances | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
| I10 | Essential (primary) hypertension | 3428 | 87.8 | 1426 | 86.7 | 2002 | 88.6 |
| E78 | Disorders of lipoprotein metabolism and other lipidaemias | 2078 | 53.2 | 814 | 49.5 | 1264 | 55.9 |
| E11 | Type 2 diabetes mellitus | 1850 | 47.4 | 686 | 41.7 | 1164 | 51.5 |
| M19 | Osteoarthritis | 1752 | 44.9 | 683 | 41.6 | 1069 | 47.3 |
| I25 | Chronic ischaemic heart disease | 1473 | 37.7 | 566 | 34.4 | 907 | 40.1 |
| M54 | Dorsalgia | 1442 | 36.9 | 499 | 30.4 | 943 | 41.7 |
| I48 | Atrial fibrillation and flutter | 1172 | 30.0 | 471 | 28.7 | 701 | 31.0 |
| I50 | Heart failure | 1142 | 29.3 | 412 | 25.1 | 730 | 32.3 |
| K21 | Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease | 982 | 25.2 | 369 | 22.5 | 613 | 27.1 |
| F32 | Depressive episode | 853 | 21.9 | 292 | 17.8 | 561 | 24.8 |