Table 3 Bivariate analysis for Gender, Age, and Race/Ethnicity
From: Medication use and driving patterns in older drivers: preliminary findings from the LongROAD study
Gender | Age | Race/Ethnicity | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medication Class | Male (%) N = 1381 | Female (%) N = 1564 | p | 65–69 (%) N = 1221 | 70–74 (%) N = 1024 | 75–79 (%) N = 700 | p | White non-Hispanic (%) N = 2523 | Black, Non-Hispanic (%) N = 207 | Asian (%) N = 65 | Other, Non-Hispanic (%)* N = 67 | Hispanic (%) N = 79 | P |
Antihistamine | 10.6 | 14.1 | <.01 | 13.1 | 11.6 | 12.7 | .56 | 12.7 | 11.1 | 9.2 | 17.9 | 8.9 | .19 |
Anti-infective agents | 9.3 | 10.4 | .386 | 9.8 | 9.2 | 11.0 | .46 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 4.6 | 11.9 | 8.9 | .26 |
Anti-neoplastic agents | 2.5 | 5.0 | <.01 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 | .82 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 2.5 | .94 |
Autonomic | 26.8% | 17.3% | <.01 | 20.3% | 22.6% | 23.1% | .26 | 21.3% | 25.1% | 18.5% | 28.4% | 25.3% | .21 |
Blood Formation, Coagulation | 17.9 | 9.1 | <.01 | 9.6 | 14.1 | 18.4 | <.01 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 13.8 | 9.0 | 12.7 | .83 |
Cardiovascular | 78.8 | 68.9 | <.01 | 68.1 | 74.9 | 81.1 | <.01 | 73.2 | 79.2 | 72.3 | 71.6 | 70.9 | .58 |
CNS agents | 71.0 | 69.6 | .408 | 67.2 | 72.9 | 71.7 | <.01 | 70.9 | 67.6 | 46.2 | 79.1 | 65.8 | <.01 |
EENT | 24.0 | 24.1 | .968 | 21.8 | 24.6 | 27.3 | .02 | 23.8 | 25.6 | 27.7 | 26.9 | 24.1 | .84 |
Electrolytic | 41.1 | 62.5 | <.01 | 51.3 | 50.6 | 57.3 | .01 | 52.5 | 61.8 | 44.6 | 44.8 | 41.8 | .02 |
Gastrointestinal drugs | 30.6 | 32.4 | .32 | 29.5 | 32.3 | 34.0 | .10 | 31.6 | 31.9 | 23.1 | 29.9 | 38.0 | .45 |
Hormones and synthetic substitutes | 38.2 | 50.1 | <.01 | 43.6 | 44.4 | 46.3 | .51 | 44.5 | 45.4 | 40.0 | 50.7 | 43.0 | .62 |
Respiratory tract | 3.0 | 4.1 | .13 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 4.1 | .12 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 7.7 | 3.0 | 5.1 | .14 |
Skin and mucous membrane agents | 18.0 | 15.0 | .03 | 13.3 | 18.7 | 18.4 | <.01 | 16.4 | 17.9 | 13.8 | 14.9 | 16.5 | .92 |
Smooth Muscle Relaxants | 1.9 | 4.0 | <.01 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 4.4 | <.01 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 6.3 | .17 |
Vitamins | 58.7 | 70.2 | <.01 | 64.0 | 63.1 | 68.6 | .05 | 65.6 | 60.9 | 50.8 | 65.7 | 63.3 | .24 |
Not classified | 32.1 | 38.7 | <.01 | 33.4 | 36.7 | 37.7 | .11 | 36.6 | 30.4 | 32.3 | 35.8 | 27.8 | .22 |
Miscellaneous agents | 15.7 | 10.2 | <.01 | 11.1 | 13.1 | 15.3 | .03 | 13.0 | 11.1 | 12.3 | 16.4 | 10.1 | .79 |