Table 1. Patients characteristics.
Characteristics | Total (n = 1800) | Patients with ADEs (n = 234) | Patients without ADEs (n = 1566) | OR | 95%CI | P |
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Sex | ||||||
Male | 1054 | 154 | 900 | 1.424 | 1.068–1.900 | 0.019 |
Female | 746 | 80 | 666 | |||
Age (years) | ||||||
60–74 | 1326 | 189 | 1137 | 1.585 | 1.124–2.234 | 0.009 |
74- | 474 | 45 | 429 | |||
Intensive care units | ||||||
Yes | 54 | 13 | 41 | 2.188 | 1.154–4.248 | 0.017 |
No | 1746 | 221 | 1525 | |||
Admission in the previous 1-year | ||||||
Yes | 814 | 165 | 649 | 3.379 | 2.507–4.554 | <0.001 |
No | 986 | 69 | 917 | |||
Allergic history | ||||||
Yes | 193 | 24 | 169 | 0.945 | 0.601–1.484 | 0.91 |
No | 1607 | 210 | 1397 | |||
Surgery performed | ||||||
Yes | 660 | 32 | 628 | 0.237 | 0.161–0.348 | <0.001 |
No | 1140 | 202 | 938 | |||
Type of admission | ||||||
Elective | 1507 | 187 | 1320 | 0.741 | 0.524–1.050 | 0.11 |
Emergent | 293 | 47 | 246 | |||
Method of admission | ||||||
Wheel chair, cart or other assistance | 340 | 56 | 284 | 1.420 | 1.024–1.969 | 0.039 |
On foot | 1460 | 178 | 1282 | |||
Treatment outcome | ||||||
Improve or cured | 1584 | 197 | 1387 | 0.687 | 0.468–1.009 | 0.066 |
Did not improve or died | 216 | 37 | 179 | |||
Antibacterial use | ||||||
Yes | 577 | 80 | 497 | 1.117 | 0.836–1.494 | 0.454 |
No | 1223 | 154 | 1069 | |||
Chinese patent medicine use | ||||||
Yes | 223 | 37 | 186 | 1.393 | 0.950–2.044 | 0.09 |
No | 1577 | 197 | 1380 |