Subjects n |
392 |
3920 |
Age years |
67.9±18.0 |
67.9±18.0 |
Follow-up years |
4.3±3.5 |
4.3±3.5 |
Female |
42.9 |
38.0 |
Hospitalisation for asthma or COPD in the year before the index date |
1.4±1.7 |
0.2±0.6 |
Visits to respiratory physician in the year before the index date |
4.3±12.0 |
0.7±3.2 |
Medication use in the year before the index date |
|
|
Antibiotics number of prescriptions |
1.5±3.5 |
0.7±1.3 |
Respiratory drugs number of prescriptions# |
11.9±16.9 |
6.5±10.2 |
OCSs cumulative dosage mg |
547.4±934.2 |
42.5±228.1 |
Diabetes drugs |
25.0 |
14.5 |
Cardiac drugs |
74.7 |
62.2 |
Central nervous system drugs |
73.7 |
53.8 |
Osteoporosis drugs |
33.7 |
15.5 |
NSAIDs |
37.0 |
32.6 |
Narcotics |
19.4 |
4.9 |
Antirheumatic drugs |
14.0 |
4.6 |
Others |
90.3 |
72.2 |