Table 3.
Univariate association of patient characteristics and number of medication discrepancies
| Number of medication discrepancies |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Patient characteristics | Zero discrepancies (n = 321) | ≥1 discrepancy (n = 392) | P-value |
| Mean number of discrepancies (SD) | 0 | 3.3 (2.8) | NA |
| Mean (±SD) age (years) | 68.0 ± 15.8 | 67.3 ± 16.1 | 0.40 |
| Gender, n (%) | 0.15 | ||
| Male | 172 (42.7) | 231 (57.3) | |
| Female | 149 (48.1) | 161 (51.9) | |
| Race, n (%) | 0.03 | ||
| White | 177 (40.8) | 257 (59.2) | |
| Black | 89 (51.2) | 85 (48.9) | |
| Other or multiracial | 33 (49.3) | 34 (50.8) | |
| Asian | 22 (57.9) | 16 (42.1) | |
| Hispanic ethnicity, n (%) | 0.27 | ||
| Yes | 33 (51.6) | 31 (48.4) | |
| No | 288 (44.4) | 361 (55.6) | |
| Hypertension, n (%) | 0.01 | ||
| Yes | 289 (43.7) | 373 (56.3) | |
| No | 32 (62.8) | 19 (37.2) | |
| Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 0.90 | ||
| Yes | 163 (44.8) | 201 (55.2) | |
| No | 158 (45.3) | 191 (54.7) | |
| Congestive heart failure, n (%) | 0.0004 | ||
| Yes | 61 (33.7) | 120 (66.3) | |
| No | 260 (48.9) | 272 (51.1) | |
| Current smoker, n (%) | 0.82 | ||
| Yes | 20 (48.8) | 21 (51.2) | |
| No | 298 (44.7) | 368 (55.3) | |
| Not specified | 3 (50.0) | 3 (50.0) | |
| Insurance status, n (%) | 0.23 | ||
| Medicaid | 37 (55.2) | 30 (44.8) | |
| Medicare | 180 (45.0) | 220 (55.0) | |
| No insurance | 4 (57.1) | 3 (42.9) | |
| Private | 100 (41.8) | 139 (58.2) | |
| Mean (±SD) eGFR (mL/min) | 19.1 ± 6.6 | 18.3 ± 6.2 | 0.08 |
| Mean (±SD) number of medications | 6.8 ± 2.3 | 9.2 ± 3.8 | <0.0001 |