Table 1.

Patient characteristics: N = 265.

CHARACTERISTIC	VALUE
Mean (SD) age, y	77.4 (8.8)
Female sex, %	57
Mean (SD) age-adjusted Charlson comorbidity index score	4.8 (1.7)
Mean (SD) total no. of medications	5.7 (4.4)
Mean (SD) no. of Beers criteria medications^*	0.4 (0.7)
Mean (SD) Anticholinergic Risk Scale score^†	0.4 (1.0)
Mean (SD) frequency of visits to family physician in 1 y	5.7 (6.2)

↵* The most common medications were benzodiazepines (lorazepam, diazepam), tertiary tricyclic antidepressants (amitriptyline), and non-selective cyclooxygenase inhibitor nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (naproxen).
↵† The most common medications were ranitidine, amitriptyline, and loperamide.