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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients

From: Changes in prescribed medicines in older patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy in general practice

Characteristics (median, IQR)a

Intervention group (n = 252)

Control group (n = 250)

Total (N = 502)

Age

72 (69–77)

72 (66–77)

72 (67–77)

Female sex (n, %)

133 (53%)

129 (52%)

262 (52%)

CIRS sum score

7 (5–11)

7 (4–10)

7 (4–11)

Number of prescriptions

8 (6–10)

8 (6–9)

8 (6–9)

MRCI

24 (17–36)

24 (18–33)

24 (18–34)

  1. CIRS cumulative illness rating scale, MRCI medication regimen complexity index
  2. aif not stated otherwise