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. 2021 Feb 10;21:117. doi: 10.1186/s12877-021-02057-5

Table 3.

Risk of ADE after filling a prescription for potentially inappropriate medication (described by ATC code and name of the substance) included in the EU(7)-PIM or AT-PIM list as compared to the control group described as relative risk and risk difference with 95% confidence intervals (CI), uncorrected p-values and p-values corrected for multiplicity by controlling the false discovery rate

ATC code Substance name PIM list Relative risk (95% CI) Risk difference (95% CI) P-value Corrected p-value
A02BC01 Omeprazole EU(7) 2.95 (1.3, 6.73) 0.02 (0.01, 0.03) 0.010 0.033
A02BC02 Pantoprazole EU(7) 3.71 (1.37, 10.05) 0.03 (0.02, 0.03) 0.010 0.033
A02BC03 Lansoprazole EU(7) 1.87 (1.16, 3.01) 0.01 (0, 0.02) 0.010 0.033
A02BC05 Esomeprazole EU(7) 3.87 (1.38, 10.85) 0.03 (0.02, 0.04) 0.010 0.033
A03FA01 Metoclopramide EU(7) 2.44 (1.24, 4.79) 0.02 (0.01, 0.02) 0.010 0.033
C01AA04 Digitoxin EU(7) 1.89 (1.17, 3.06) 0.01 (0, 0.02) 0.010 0.033
C01AA08 Metildigoxin EU(7) 0.37 (0.17, 0.79) −0.01 (−0.01, 0) 0.010 0.033
C02AC06 Rilmenidine EU(7) 2.35 (1.09, 5.09) 0.01 (0, 0.03) 0.030 0.094
C03DA01 Spironolactone EU(7) 2.47 (1.24, 4.91) 0.02 (0.01, –0.02) 0.010 0.033
N02AX02 Tramadol EU(7), AT 2.46 (1.24, –4.89) 0.02 (0.01, 0.02) 0.010 0.033
N03AF01 Carbamazepine EU(7) 0 (0, NaN) −0.01 (−0.01, −0.01) 0.010 0.033
N05BA01 Diazepam EU(7), AT 0.4 (0.2, 0.8) −0.01 (− 0.01, 0) 0.010 0.033
N05BA04 Oxazepam EU(7), AT 2.85 (1.11, 7.33) 0.02 (0, 0.04) 0.030 0.094
N06AA09 Amitriptyline EU(7), AT 0.42 (0.22, 0.81) –0.01 (−0.01, 0) 0.010 0.033
R03DA04 Theophylline EU(7), AT 2.32 (1.22, –4.41) 0.01 (0.01, 0.02) 0.010 0.033

ATC code Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System