Research Article

Evaluation of Potential Drug-Drug Interactions with Medications Prescribed to Geriatric Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Table 5

Predictors of D/Is (multivariate logistic regression analysis).

VariablesGroupsPatients with D/IsPatients without D/IsWaldOdds ratio (95% CI) value

Age<7075224.041.05 (1.00–1.097)0.04
>709913

GenderMale89150.180.86(0.42–1.75)0.67
Female8520

Number of comorbidities12270.310.87 (0.54–1.42)0.58
25215
37510
4212
>441

Type of comorbidityDiabetes136270.200.81 (0.31–2.11)0.66
Hypertension130231.711.92 (0.72–5.09)0.19
CAD2110.601.56 (0.51–4.82)0.44
Dyslipidemia1410.051.17 (0.31–4.46)0.82
CVA5170.380.76 (0.32–1.81)0.54

Number of medications<6482316.4710.37 (3.35–32.11)<0.001
>612612