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Table 4 Characteristics of patients according to ADR on admission

From: The frequency of adverse drug reaction related admissions according to method of detection, admission urgency and medical department specialty

 

No-ADR

A-ADR

p

Number

490 (94.3%)

30 (5.7%)

 

Men

281 (57.3%)

15 (50.0%)

0.494

Age *

65.2 (19–94)

71.5 (42–89)

0.025

Number of drugs *

4.3 (0–16)

5.6 (1–12)

0.273

Number of diagnoses *

5.0 (1–14)

5.5 (1–10)

0.674

Renal failure

46 (9.4%)

4 (13.3%)

0.419

Liver failure

50 (10.2%)

2 (6.7%)

0.859

Alcohol abuse

34 (6.9%)

2 (6.7%)

0.195

Death

19 (3.9%)

0 (0%)

0.998

  1. No-ADR patients without ADR; A-ADR patients admitted due to ADR; * mean and range.