Total | Receiving prescriptions | Multivariate OR* | p Value | |||
n | % | n | % | |||
Total | 282 433 | 37 731 | 13.4 | |||
Age groups, years | ||||||
16–30 | 63 815 | 22.6 | 7410 | 11.6 | 1.00 | <0.001 |
31–60 | 155 355 | 55.0 | 23 802 | 15.3 | 1.55 (1.51 to 1.60) | |
>60 | 63 263 | 22.4 | 6519 | 10.3 | 1.10 (1.06 to 1.15) | |
Sex | ||||||
Male | 131 889 | 46.7 | 16 836 | 12.8 | 1.00 | <0.001 |
Female | 150 544 | 53.5 | 20 895 | 13.9 | 1.09 (1.06 to 1.11) | |
Lifestyle† | ||||||
Alcohol | 12 209 | 4.3 | 928 | 7.60 | 0.49 (0.45 to 0.52) | <0.001 |
Heavy smoker | 53 288 | 18.9 | 8504 | 16.0 | 1.26 (1.23 to 1.30) | <0.001 |
Obesity | 34 891 | 12.3 | 3704 | 10.6 | 0.71 (0.68 to 0.73) | <0.001 |
Medical condition† | ||||||
Asthma | 36 442 | 12.9 | 5417 | 14.9 | 1.07 (1.03 to 1.10) | <0.001 |
Atrial fibrillation | 3262 | 1.1 | 322 | 9.87 | 0.74 (0.66 to 0.84) | <0.001 |
Cancer | 6575 | 2.3 | 964 | 14.7 | 1.13 (1.05 to 1.21) | =0.001 |
CHD | 14 397 | 5.1 | 2183 | 15.2 | 1.29 (1.23 to 1.36) | <0.001 |
CKD | 9845 | 3.5 | 989 | 10.0 | 0.78 (0.73 to 0.84) | <0.001 |
COPD | 15 289 | 5.4 | 3270 | 21.4 | 1.97 (1.88 to 2.05) | <0.001 |
Dementia | 684 | 0.2 | 17 | 2.49 | 0.17 (0.11 to 0.28) | <0.001 |
Depression | 61 684 | 21.8 | 9983 | 16.2 | 1.23 (1.20 to 1.27) | <0.001 |
Diabetes | 16 469 | 5.8 | 1990 | 12.1 | 1.01 (0.96 to 1.06) | 0.811 |
Epilepsy | 3496 | 1.2 | 469 | 13.4 | 0.94 (0.85 to 1.03) | 0.191 |
Heart failure | 2786 | 1.0 | 368 | 13.2 | 1.05 (0.94 to 1.18) | 0.404 |
Hypertension | 44 493 | 15.7 | 4957 | 11.1 | 0.80 (0.78 to 0.83) | <0.001 |
Mental handicap | 640 | 0.2 | 72 | 11.3 | 0.85 (0.66 to 1.09) | 0.184 |
Psychotic disorders | 4658 | 1.6 | 676 | 14.5 | 1.01 (0.92 to 1.09) | 0.895 |
Stroke and TIA | 6591 | 2.3 | 878 | 13.3 | 1.08 (1.00 to 1.16) | 0.043 |
Thyroid | 9186 | 3.2 | 1321 | 14.4 | 1.06 (0.99 to 1.12) | 0.082 |