Table 1 |
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Characteristics of patients hospitalized for acetaminophen overdose * |
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Characteristic |
All patients (n = 1,543) |
Single hospitalization (n = 1,434) |
Multiple hospitalizations (n = 109) |
P-value ** |
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Demographics |
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Age, years |
26 (2–85) |
26 (2–85) |
27 (14–55) |
0.91 |
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Female gender |
68% (1,054) |
68% (975) |
72% (79) |
0.20 |
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Aboriginal status |
7% (109) |
7% (94) |
14% (15) |
0.005 |
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Social assistance |
11% (174) |
11% (155) |
17% (19) |
0.04 |
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Subsidy |
15% (226) |
15% (215) |
10% (11) |
0.16 |
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Depression |
55% (842) |
54% (774) |
62% (68) |
0.09 |
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Alcohol-related diagnosis |
33% (515) |
33% (467) |
44% (48) |
0.01 |
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Circumstance of overdose |
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Intentional |
85% (1,427) ‡ |
85% (1,215) |
88% (96) |
0.73 |
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Accidental |
13% (220) ‡ |
13% (193) |
11% (12) |
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Other |
2% (33) ‡ |
2% (26) |
1% (1) |
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* Data at first hospitalization. All data are medians (interquartile range) or proportions (% [n]). ** For comparison of patients with single versus multiple hospitalizations. ‡ Percentages calculated based on total number of overdoses (n = 1,680). |
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Myers et al. BMC Public Health 2007 7:143 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-143 |
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