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Table 3 Patients with potentially dangerous or contraindicated medications at 6 months by intervention and control group

From: How to improve drug dosing for patients with renal impairment in primary care - a cluster-randomized controlled trial

Variable

Intervention group (N = 198 patients)

Control group (N = 206 patients)

Metformin, proportion (%)

6/198 (3.0)

9/206 (4.4)

Nitrofurantoin, proportion (%)

0/198 (0.0)

0/206 (0.0)

Allopurinol, proportion (%)

38/198 (19.2)

40/206 (19.4)

Allopurinol exceeding recommended standard dose, proportion (%)

14/38 (36.8)

18/40 (45.0)