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Table 3 Mortalitya in people with polypharmacy (N = 1356) by cluster, ELSA 2018

From: The impact of high-risk medications on mortality risk among older adults with polypharmacy: evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

 

Cluster 1

RAAS inhibitors

Cluster 2

Mental health drugs

Cluster 3

CNS drugs

Cluster 4

RAAS inhibitors + antithrombotics

Cluster 5

Antithrombotics

(N = 194)

% (N)

(N = 298)

% (N)

(N = 387)

% (N)

(N = 352)

% (N)

(N = 125)

% (N)

All-cause mortality

15.5 (30)

22.2 (66)

12.9 (50)

16.8 (59)

24.0 (30)

CVD mortality

4.6 (9)

10.4 (31)

4.1 (16)

8.5 (30)

8.0 (10)

Non-CVD mortality

10.8 (21)

11.7 (35)

8.8 (34)

8.2 (29)

16.0 (20)

  1. aData was collected before May 2018