Table 2.
The most frequently prescribed medications among patients with and without potentially inappropriate medication
| Medication | With PIM N (%) |
Without PIM N (%) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin | 73 (55.3) | 43 (21.9) | < 0.001 |
| Lactulose | 54 (40.9) | 30 (15.3) | < 0.001 |
| Acetylsalicylic acid | 50 (37.9) | 32 (16.3) | < 0.001 |
| Clopidogrel | 49 (37.1) | 24 (12.2) | < 0.001 |
| Omeprazole | 44 (33.3) | 53 (27.0) | 0.22 |
| Enoxaparin | 44 (33.3) | 22 (11.2) | < 0.001 |
| Amlodipine | 44 (33.3) | 0 | < 0.001 |
| Organic nitrates | 44 (33.3) | 11 (5.6) | < 0.001 |
| Captopril | 32 (24.2) | 5 (2.8) | < 0.001 |
| Carvedilol | 28 (21.2) | 12 (6.1) | < 0.001 |
PIM potentially inappropriate medication