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Table 4 Odds Ratios associated with vascular events (case-crossover study, conditional logistic regression model)

From: Triptan use in elderly over 65 years and the risk of hospitalization for serious vascular events

Ā 

Population

Adjusted

Odds ratio

(95% CI)

All events

209

Ā 

Exposure to triptans

Ā 

1.63 (1.22ā€“2.19)

Covariates

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒExposure to opioids

Ā 

2.08 (1.21ā€“3.59)

ā€ƒExposure to antiplatelet drugs

Ā 

3.38 (1.65ā€“6.93)

ā€ƒNumber of days of hospitalisation

Ā 

1.19 (1.02ā€“1.38)

ā€ƒSeason

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒSummer vs. spring

Ā 

0.83 (0.52ā€“1.32)

ā€ƒā€ƒAutomn vs. spring

Ā 

1.03 (0.64ā€“1.66)

ā€ƒā€ƒWinter vs. spring

Ā 

1.08 (0.69ā€“1.69)

Cerebral events

75

2.14 (1.26ā€“3.63)

Cardiac events

89

1.41 (0.91ā€“2.20)