Assessment of Drug-Drug Interaction in Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Mekelle, Northern Ethiopia: A Retrospective Study

Table 3

Predictors of DDIs from the prescription records, Mekelle, ACSH May 2017.

Variable	Drug interaction occurred		Crude OR [95% CI]	Adjusted OR [95% CI]
	Yes (%)	No (%)
Sex
Male	141	150	1.193 [0.864–1.647]	1.123 [0.799–1.578]
Female	134	171	1	1
Age group (yrs)
<18	16	40	0.301 [0.158–0.575]	0.403 [0.209–0.778]
18–49	148	196	0.568 [0.397–812]	0.734 [0.503–1.071]
49+	109	82	1	1
Polypharmacy
Yes	34	0	0.744 [0.630–0.879]	0.958 [0.669–0.1.373]
No	241	324	1	1