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

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
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