Table 6

 Relative risk of being prescribed various medications for women compared with men (adjusted for practice, age and deprivation category), aged >75 years compared with those aged <75 years (adjusted for practice and deprivation category) and for Carstairs deprivation category 5 compared with Carstairs deprivation category 1 (adjusted for age, sex and practice)

Women vs men⩾75 years vs <75 yearsCarstairs deprivation category 5 vs 1
MenWomen
CCBs, calcium-channel blockers.
*Excluding dihydropyridines.
†Includes quinidine, disopyramide, propafenone and flecainide.
‡Warfarin or aspirin or clopidogrel.
§β-Blocker or rate limiting calcium channel blocker or digoxin.
¶Class 1 antiarrhythmic or amiodarone or sotalol.
β-Blockers0.92 (0.78 to 1.09)0.55 (0.44 to 0.70)0.89 (0.69 to 1.16)0.72 (0.43 to 1.21)
CCBs*1.05 (0.91 to 1.24)0.51 (0.42 to 0.64)0.69 (0.55 to 0.87)0.73 (0.45 to 1.19)
Digoxin1.25 (1.07 to 1.46)1.41 (1.14 to 1.74)1.88 (1.50 to 2.37)1.00 (0.62 to 1.63)
Class I antiarrhythmics†1.34 (0.84 to 2.13)0.32 (0.15 to 0.67)0.14 (0.06 to 0.32)0.62 (0.14 to 2.82)
Amiodarone0.94 (0.74 to 1.19)0.73 (0.53 to 1.01)0.77 (0.54 to 1.03)1.10 (0.49 to 2.48)
Sotalol1.11 (0.80 to 1.54)0.60 (0.38 to 0.96)0.48 (0.30 to 0.79)0.51 (0.18 to 1.50)
Warfarin0.82 (0.70 to 0.96)0.74 (0.60 to 0.91)0.58 (0.46 to 0.73)1.21 (0.75 to 1.96)
Aspirin0.93 (0.80 to 1.08)2.04 (1.66 to 2.51)1.79 (1.42 to 2.25)0.78 (0.48 to 1.26)
Any antithrombotic0.85 (0.70 to 1.03)1.81 (1.40 to 2.35)1.11 (0.85 to 1.45)1.11 (0.61 to 2.03)
Negative chronotropes§1.28 (1.08 to 1.51)0.90 (0.72 to 1.12)1.33 (1.03 to 1.72)0.97 (0.56 to 1.70)
Any antiarrhythmic¶1.03 (0.85 to 1.24)0.62 (0.48 to 0.81)0.52 (0.39 to 0.70)0.80 (0.42 to 1.50)