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Table 2 Patient demographic and clinical characteristics at baseline according to gender (Phase 2)

From: Effectiveness of a drug dosing service provided by community pharmacists in polymedicated elderly patients with renal impairment — a comparative study

Mean ± SD

Women (103)

Men (71)

Overall (174)

Age (years)

81. ± 7.5

80.5 ± 7.0

80.8 ± 7.3

Weight (kg)

61.9 ± 10.7

73.9 ± 10.1

66.8 ± 12.0

Height (m)

1.5 ± 0.1

1.7 ± 0.1

1.6 ± 0.1

BMI (Kg/m2)

26.0 ± 4.2

26.6 ± 3.1

26.3 ± 3.8

SBP (mm Hg)

136.3 ± 1932

132.4 ± 17.8

134.7 ± 18.7

DBP (mm Hg)

75.8 ± 12.0

73.9 ± 12.6

75.0 ± 12.6

Creatinine (mg/dl)

1.0 ± 0.3

1.5 ± 1.1

1.2 ± 0.8

Body surface (m2)

1.6 ± 0.2

1.8 ± 0.2

1.7 ± 0.2

GFR (ml/min/1.73 m2)

61.3 ± 14.5

59.8 ± 20.0

60.7 ± 17.0

CrCl (ml/min)

45.2 ± 11.2

46.9 ± 15.2

45.9 ± 12.3

CrCl-BS (ml/min/1.73 m2)

48.3 ± 11.5

45.2 ± 13.9

47.1 ± 12.6

Total number of drugs per patient

6.3 ± 3.3

6.2 ± 3.0

6.3 ± 3.1

Drugs wit restriction in RI per patient

3.5 ± 2.1

3.5 ± 2.0

3.5 ± 2.1

Number of DRP per patient

0.4 ± 0.9

0.6 ± 1.0

0.5 ± 0.9

Prevalence of DI (%)

18.9 ± 30.7

12.4 ± 24.2

15.5 ± 28.6

Population with DRP %(n)

35.0(36)

19.7(14)

28.7(50)

Comorbidity %(n)

   

 Hypertension

709.%(73)

67.6%(48)

69.5%(121)

 T2Dm

13.6%(14)

8.5%(6)

11.5%(20)

 Dyslipidemia

42.%(44)

29.6%(21)

37.4%(65)

 Hyper/Hypo/Thy

9.7%(10)

1.4%(1)

6.3%(11)

 CVD

19.4%(20)

29.6%(21)

23.6%(41)

  1. Abbreviations: BMI Body Mass Index, SBP Systolic Blood Pressure, DBP Diastolic Blood Pressure; T2DM Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, CVD Cardiovascular Disease, THY Thyroidism, GFR Rate of Glomerular filtration, CrCl Creatinine Clearance, CrCl-BS Creatinine Clearance adjusted to body surface, RI renal impairment, DRP Drug-related problem, DI Dosing inadequacy, Drugs with restrictions (dose adjustment needed in case of renal impairment (RI)) per patient [2022], SD Standard deviation.