Table 5 |
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Marital status and utilisation of potentially inappropriate psychotropics among the study participants (n = 343530)*. |
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PIP, No. (%) |
Odds Ratio (95% CI) |
p-value |
Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI) † |
p-value |
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Total (n = 343530) |
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Married |
44501 (38.1) |
1 (Reference) |
1 (Reference) |
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Never married |
9275 (42.6) |
1.21 (1.17-1.24) |
< 0.001 |
1.25 (1.21-1.29) |
< 0.001 |
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Divorced |
15068 (42.2) |
1.18 (1.16-1.21) |
< 0.001 |
1.18 (1.15-1.21) |
< 0.001 |
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Widow/widower |
64433 (38.1) |
1.00 (0.98-1.01) |
0.820 |
1.02 (1.01-1.04) |
0.009 |
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Men (n = 103690) |
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Married |
22303 (38.2) |
1 (Reference) |
1 (Reference) |
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Never married |
3755 (44.7) |
1.31 (1.25-1.37) |
< 0.001 |
1.35 (1.29-1.41) |
< 0.001 |
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Divorced |
4378 (43.4) |
1.24 (1.19-1.29) |
< 0.001 |
1.24 (1.18-1.29) |
< 0.001 |
|
Widow/widower |
10420 (38.9) |
1.03 (1.00-1.06) |
0.068 |
1.04 (1.01-1.07) |
< 0.001 |
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Women (n = 239840) |
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Married |
22198 (38.0) |
1 (Reference) |
1 (Reference) |
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Never married |
5520 (41.4) |
1.15 (1.11-1.19) |
< 0.001 |
1.18 (1.14-1.23) |
< 0.001 |
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Divorced |
10690 (41.7) |
1.17 (1.13-1.20) |
< 0.001 |
1.15 (1.11-1.18) |
< 0.001 |
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Widow/widower |
54013 (37.9) |
1.00 (0.98-1.02) |
0.691 |
1.01 (0.99-1.03) |
0.530 |
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PIP: Potentially inappropriate psychotropic drugs † Adjusted for age, sex, country of birth, and number of unique nonpsychotropic drug substances purchased during the study period * Individuals who died or migrated during 2006 were excluded due to missing information on marital status |
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Lesén et al. BMC Public Health 2010 10:118 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-118 |
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