Table 6. . Summary of the present findings in comparison with previous studies in the literature.

Our findings	Others findings
68% of elderly at nursing homes with polypharmacy are females	58% of the population above 65 years living at nursing homes in Denmark are females [49]
Mean (±SD) age = 82.9 ± 7.7 years	In Europe [51], the mean age is 83.5 ± 9.4 years In Sweden [4], the mean age is 85 ± 7 years New resident average age in Denmark [64]: 83.7 years
5.8 co-morbidities in average	Akner [4] found 16.8 ± 5.3 in average
8.5 ± 2.6 number of medications in average	Akner [4] found 6.6 ± 3.2 in average

SD: Standard deviation.