Medication Consumption Patterns and Polypharmacy among Community-Dwelling Elderly in Lomé (Togo) in 2017

Table 4

Multivariable analysis: factors associated with polypharmacy among community-dwelling elderly in Lomé, Togo, 2017.

	Polypharmacy 1			Polypharmacy 2
	n/N	aOR (95% CI)	P	n/N	aOR (95% CI)	p
Sex			0.076			0.049
Male	24/167			30/166	1
Female	39/202			54/202	1.86 [1.00–3.47]
Age			0.279			0.847
≤65 years	23/151			34/151
>65 years	40/218			50/217
Marital status			0.146
Married/Living with a partner	39/213			48/212
Living alone	24/155			36/155
Educational level			0.092			0.182
≤Primary	28/206			42/206
>Primary	35/160			42/159
Multimorbidity			<0.001			<0.001
No	5/156	1		14/156	1
Yes	58/213	10.27 [3.97–26.57]		70/212	4.55 [2.42–8.54]

Polypharmacy 1: number of medications ≥5, not including medicinal plants and other dietary supplements. Polypharmacy 2: number of medications ≥5, including medicinal plants and other dietary supplements. 95% CI: 95% confidence interval; aOR: adjusted Odds Ratio.