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. 2020 May 27;17(6):587–595. doi: 10.30773/pi.2019.0275

Table 3.

Disproportionality analysis of cognitive impairment or dementia associated with the use of individual benzodiazepines from KIDS-KD, 2007–2016*

Before matching
After matching on age and sex (1:10)
ROR 95% CI
Adjusted ROR 95% CI
ROR 95% CI
Adjusted ROR 95% CI
Lower limit Upper limit Lower limit Upper limit Lower limit Upper limit Lower limit Upper limit
Short-acting benzodiazepines
Etizolam 1.36 0.42 4.36 1.55 0.48 5.03 1.20 0.33 4.36 1.26 0.28 5.64
Midazolam 0.49 0.21 1.15 0.44 0.18 1.05 0.46 0.19 1.12 0.36 0.13 1.00
Tofisopam 1.59 0.22 11.54 1.53 0.20 11.44 0.73 0.09 6.07 0.76 0.08 7.33
Triazolam 0.77 0.19 3.15 0.73 0.17 3.03 0.86 0.19 3.93 0.77 0.15 4.04
Intermediate-acting benzodiazepines
Alprazolam 1.13 0.60 2.14 1.23 0.64 2.36 1.24 0.61 2.52 1.72 0.75 3.97
Bromazepam 3.31 0.46 24.05 3.16 0.42 23.91 2.61 0.23 29.28 1.56 0.12 20.17
Flunitrazepam 8.75 2.11 36.31 7.32 1.64 32.58 2.64 0.47 14.77 1.38 0.15 12.53
Lorazepam 1.53 0.88 2.67 1.64 0.93 2.90 1.92 1.03 3.57 1.67 0.81 3.43
Long-acting benzodiazepines
Clonazepam 0.81 0.32 2.03 0.71 0.28 1.79 0.61 0.23 1.62 0.72 0.24 2.16
Diazepam 0.79 0.32 1.98 0.80 0.32 2.02 0.88 0.33 2.38 1.05 0.32 3.43
*

analysis based on logistic on analysis, reference group: other benzodiazepines. This table displays only benzodiazepines referenced in over 100 reports,

adjusted according to age group, sex, year of reporting, and polypharmacy.

KIDS-KD: Korea Institute of Drug Safety & Risk Management-Korea adverse event reporting system database, ROR: reporting odds ratio, 95% CI: 95% confidence interval