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Table 3 Subgroup analysis of results by number of drugs and status of patients with COVID-19 after treatment

From: Global prevalence of polypharmacy among the COVID-19 patients: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

Subgroup

N

Sample size

Heterogeneity (I2)

Egger test

Prevalence (95% CI)

Polypharmacy by drug number

4–9

5

35,788

98.5

0.631

26.8 (95% CI: 18.5–37.1)

 > 10

6

99,416

99.8

0.751

17.1 (95% CI: 11.6–24.3)

Patient status after treatment

Survivors

9

5490

98.2

0.144

42.1 (95% CI: 28.9–56.6)

Non-survivors

9

1508

88.3

0.972

54.8 (95% CI: 45.4–63.9)