Table 1 Characteristics of study population (n = 11,031) by use of medication based on the National prescription register
All (n = 11,031) | No psychoactive medication (n = 9,393) | Any psychoactive medication users (n = 1,638) | Antidepressants users (n = 777) | Other psychoactive medication users without antidepressants (n = 861) | Diuretics users b(n = 1,249) | |||||||
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Continuous | mean | (SD) | mean | (SD) | mean | (SD) | mean | (SD) | mean | (SD) | mean | (SD) |
Age (years) | 62.3 | (2.9) | 62.2 | (2.9) | 62.5 | (3.0)*** | 62.3 | (3.0) | 62.7 | (2.9)*** | 62.9 | (2.9)*** |
BMI (kg/m2) | 27.6 | (4.7) | 27.5 | (4.6) | 28.3 | (5.2)*** | 28.4 | (5.2)*** | 28.2 | (5.2)*** | 30.5 | (5.5)*** |
Number of prescribed medications | 2.1 | (2.0) | 1.8 | (1.9) | 3.3 | (2.2)*** | 3.5 | (2.2)*** | 3.1 | (2.2)*** | 4.0 | (2.2)*** |
Number of diseases | 2.4 | (1.8) | 2.3 | (1.8) | 3.2 | (2.0)*** | 3.2 | (2.0)*** | 3.2 | (1.9)*** | 3.5 | (2.0)*** |
Self-rated LS a | 8.1 | (2.8) | 7.9 | (2.6) | 9.4 | (3.5)*** | 9.9 | (3.6)*** | 9.0 | (3.3)*** | 8.5 | (3.1)*** |
Categorical | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) |
Disability pension c | 2,500 | (22.7) | 1,854 | (19.7) | 646 | (39.5) *** | 328 | (43.2) *** | 318 | (36.9)*** | 416 | (33.3)*** |
HT use | 2,405 | (21.8) | 2,010 | (21.4) | 395 | (24.1)* | 215 | (27.7)*** | 180 | (20.9) | 224 | (17.9)*** |
Smoking | 908 | (8.2) | 695 | (7.4) | 213 | (13.0)*** | 90 | (11.6) *** | 123 | (14.3) *** | 87 | (7.0) |
Use of alcohol | 5,487 | (51.4) | 4,749 | (52.1) | 738 | (47.0) *** | 344 | (46.3) ** | 394 | (47.6)* | 540 | (45.6)*** |