Table 4.
Explorative analysis of (un)listed potentially inappropriate medication (described by ATC code and name of the substance) for older adults with chronic kidney disease. For each medication the total number of prescriptions and adverse drug events, a number needed to harm, an uncorrected p-value and a p-value corrected for the multiplicity by controlling the false discovery rate are presented. Of these medication midazolam, ofloxacin and dabigatran etexilate are included in the EU(7)-PIM list
ATC code | Substance name | Prescriptions, n | ADE, n | NNH | P-value | Corrected p-value |
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N05CD08 | Midazolam | 2 | 1 | 2 | < 0.001 | 0.118 |
J01XA01 | Vancomycin | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0.001 | 0.450 |
C10AC01 | Cholestyramine | 65 | 3 | 21.7 | 0.004 | 0.749 |
J02AC01 | Fluconazole | 219 | 6 | 36.5 | 0.007 | 0.829 |
N05AL05 | Amisulpride | 47 | 2 | 23.5 | 0.012 | 0.892 |
N06AG02 | Moclobemide | 17 | 1 | 17 | 0.013 | 0.897 |
R05DB05 | Pentoxyverine | 21 | 1 | 21 | 0.019 | 0.929 |
M01AG | Fenamate | 24 | 1 | 24 | 0.024 | 0.943 |
V03AE03 | Lanthanum carbonate | 168 | 4 | 42 | 0.028 | 0.950 |
D01AC12 | Fenticonazole | 65 | 2 | 32.5 | 0.028 | 0.950 |
J01CF05 | Flucloxacillin | 27 | 1 | 27 | 0.030 | 0.954 |
J01CR04 | Sultamicillin | 181 | 4 | 45.3 | 0.036 | 0.961 |
J01EA01 | Trimethoprim | 747 | 12 | 62.3 | 0.040 | 0.965 |
L01AA01 | Cyclophosphamide | 32 | 1 | 32 | 0.041 | 0.966 |
D01AE22 | Naftifine | 76 | 2 | 38 | 0.041 | 0.966 |
D01AE15 | Terbinafine | 34 | 1 | 34 | 0.046 | 0.969 |
C09DX03 | Olmesartan medoxomil, Amlodipine and Hydrochlorothiazide | 36 | 1 | 36 | 0.051 | 0.972 |
P01AB01 | Metronidazole | 341 | 6 | 56.8 | 0.057 | 0.975 |
C05AX03 | Haemorrhoid treatment | 40 | 1 | 40 | 0.061 | 0.977 |
N02AA59 | Codeine | 41 | 1 | 41 | 0.064 | 0.978 |
J01MA01 | Ofloxacin | 301 | 5 | 60.2 | 0.083 | 0.983 |
B01AE07 | Dabigatran etexilate | 103 | 2 | 51.5 | 0.085 | 0.983 |
G01AX11 | Povidone-iodine | 50 | 1 | 50 | 0.089 | 0.984 |
R03BB01 | Ipratropium bromide | 110 | 2 | 55 | 0.098 | 0.985 |
ATC code Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System, ADE Adverse drug event, NNH Number needed to harm