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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Effects of pharmacist intervention on polypharmacy in patients with type 2 diabetes in Japan

 

Mean ± S.D. or median (min–max) or n (%)

Overall n = 53

Male n (%)

27 (50.9)

Age (years)

68.8 ± 14.0

HbA1c (%)

7.1 ± 1.6

BMI (kg/m2)

22.2 ± 4.5

eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)

71.9 ± 64.1

Diabetes duration (years)

7.9 ± 5.9

Number of drugs

9 (1–17)

Polypharmacy n (%)

40 (75.4)

Hospitalization days (days)

17.2 ± 2.5

  1. Polypharmacy was defined as taking six or more drugs
  2. HbA1c hemoglobin A1c, BMI body mass index, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate