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. 2023 Jan 31;7(2):100061. doi: 10.1016/j.rpth.2023.100061

Table 2.

Age-adjusted comparison between PwH and controls for annual use of drug types for treatment of pain, depression, and anxiety. Results presented by subgroups. Longitudinal regression analysis of annual data on the use of drug type (OR [95% CI]) and volume of drug types (% difference [P value] if use > 0) among people with ≥1 filled prescription from Denmark (2007-2016) and Finland and Sweden (2007-2017).

Drug type Denmark
Moderate-high factor consumption
PwH: n = 221; person-years = 1293
Control: n = 1049; person-years = 6085
Low factor consumption
PwH: n = 554; person-years = 3826
Control: n = 2677; person-years = 17,902
Women including carriers
PwH: n = 295; person-years = 1765
Control: n = 1448; person-years = 8384
Use; OR (95% CI) % Difference in volume (P value) if use > 0 Use; OR (95% CI) % Difference in volume (P value) if use > 0 Use; OR (95% CI) % Difference in volume (P value) if use > 0
Opioids 6.57 (4.69-9.19) 51.2 (.008) 2.33 (1.89-2.88) 21.8 (.19) 2.58 (1.97-3.39) 57.8 (.003)
Nonopioids 3.43 (2.45-4.79) 22.1 (.13) 1.64 (1.34-2.02) 7.8 (.31) 1.40 (1.10-1.80) 17.9 (.07)
NSAIDs 1.14 (0.81-1.60) 61.2 (<.001) 0.71 (0.59-0.87) 24.4 (.03) 0.77 (0.60-0.98) −3.4 (.71)
Steroids 1.26 (0.68-2.33) −10.4 (.79) 1.77 (1.30-2.42) 57.8 (.001) 2.26 (1.56-3.27) 79.1 (<.001)
Neuroleptics 1.36 (0.83-2.22) 14.5 (.65) 1.65 (1.29-2.12) 2.4 (.90) 1.61 (1.17-2.21) 18.2 (.28)
Antidepressants 2.26 (1.34-3.81) 39.4 (.07) 1.48 (1.09-2.01) 19.0 (.16) 1.29 (0.92-1.81) −9.6 (.49)
Antiepileptics 2.01 (0.99-4.08) −21.6 (.60) 0.80 (0.48-1.34) 13.1 (.67) 1.24 (0.70-2.19) −61.3 (.03)
Drug type Finland
Moderate-high factor consumption
PwH: n = 200; person-years = 1167
Control: n = 972; person-years = 5661
Low factor consumption
PwH: n = 239; person-years = 1678
Control: n = 1170; person-years = 8079
Women including carriers (unadjusted)
PwH: n = 7; person-years = 66
Control: n = 35; person-years = 323
Use; OR (95% CI) % Difference in volume (P value) if use > 0 Use; OR (95% CI) % Difference in volume (P value) if use > 0 Use; OR (95% CI) % Difference in volume (P value) if use > 0
Opioids 5.64 (3.75-8.50) 127 (<.001) 4.33 (3.17-5.91) 89.9 (<.001) 8.13 (2.05-32.22) 85.6 (.34)
Nonopioids 3.35 (2.35-4.79) 23.7 (.006) 2.84 (2.11-3.82) −2.1 (.79) 4.42 (1.75-11.12) 42.4 (.27)
NSAIDs 1.48 (1.10-2.00) 65.6 (<.001) 1.06 (0.83-1.36) 58.3 (<.001) 1.82 (0.73-4.53) 69.1 (.001)
Steroids 1.01 (0.52-1.97) −14.1 (.51) 1.02 (0.56-1.88) 27.3 (.14) 0.48 (0.12-1.91) −57.2 (.31)
Neuroleptics 1.97 (1.11-3.50) 40.2 (.260) 1.27 (0.79-2.04) 2.2 (.95) 1.81 (0.39-8.34) 29.2 (.71)
Antidepressants 0.78 (0.39-1.56) −31.5 (.185) 0.95 (0.55-1.63) 23.6 (.26) 0.60 (0.20-1.79) −157 (.007)
Antiepileptics 3.08 (1.27-7.47) 19.0 (.676) 1.28 (0.58-2.83) −49.8 (.21) 0.66 (0.11-3.90) −218 (.03)
Drug type Sweden
Moderate-high factor consumption
PwH: n = 419; person-years = 2960
Control: n = 2072; person-years = 14,565
Low factor consumption
PwH: n = 1016; person-years = 8869
Control: n = 4968; person-years = 42,649
Women including carriers
PwH: n = 389; person-years = 3977
Control: n = 1920; person-years = 19,438
Use; OR (95% CI) % Difference in volume (P value) if use > 0 Use; OR (95% CI) % Difference in volume (P value) if use > 0 Use; OR (95% CI) % Difference in volume (P value) if use > 0
Opioids 4.70 (3.69-6.00) 105.8 (<.001) 2.51 (2.17-2.90) 25.6 (.02) 2.40 (1.93-2.99) 33.9 (.04)
Nonopioids 5.64 (4.44-7.17) 19.2 (.09) 2.19 (1.89-2.54) 10.9 (.02) 2.13 (1.74-2.60) 18.1 (.01)
NSAIDs 3.20 (2.59-3.96) 68.2 (<.001) 1.26 (1.09-1.45) 38.7 (<.001) 1.17 (0.96-1.41) 21.3 (.05)
Steroids 3.00 (2.28-3.96) 2.3 (.90) 1.62 (1.32-1.97) 19.2 (.05) 2.42 (1.86-3.16) 35.6 (.002)
Neuroleptics 2.08 (1.55-2.80) −6.0 (.75) 1.61 (1.36-1.92) 19.8 (.04) 1.56 (1.24-1.95) 11.3 (.37)
Antidepressants 1.51 (1.00-2.30) −4.2 (.81) 1.30 (1.03-1.62) −17.6 (.06) 1.41 (1.09-1.82) −0.8 (.94)
Antiepileptics 2.87 (1.65-5.00) 45.4 (.13) 1.84 (1.31-2.58) 1.2 (.95) 1.59 (0.96-2.63) 17.2 (.60)

NSAIDs, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; OR, odds ratio; PwH, people with hemophilia.