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Table 3 Crude and multivariate predictors of medication discrepancies

From: Prevalence of medication discrepancies in patients with cirrhosis: a pilot study

 

Crude OR (95 % CI)

Adjusted ORa (95 % CI)

Age ≥60

1.5 (0.5 – 4.7)

0.9 (0.2 – 4.7)

Male gender

0.6 (0.2 – 2.4)

1.0 (0.1 – 6.6)

Regular GP

9.2 (1.0 – 83.1)

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≥1 Comorbidity

5.3 (1.4 – 20.1)

2.8 (0.3 – 23.9)

≥5 Conventional Medicines

5.8 (1.5 – 22.7)

11.0 (1.8 – 67.4)

MMAS ranking

Low

7.2 (0.6 – 81.5)

20.7 (1.3 – 337.7)

Medium

20.4 (2.00 – 211.89)

49.0 (3.3 – 718.5)

  1. aOdds ratio adjusted for number of conventional medicines and the MMAS score. Analysis excludes 10 patients who did not complete the MMAS section of the questionnaire