SEP 8, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Polypharmacy status and its related risk factors among elderly patients with dyslipidemia: Iranian multi-center osteoporosis study (IMOS) 2021.
Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders
Cross-sectional observational study with modest sample size identifying associations in a specific population; descriptive rather than explanatory, no causal inference possible, and findings need confirmation in prospective or interventional designs.
Reported
Sample size558
Polypharmacy prevalence20.8%
95% CI for polypharmacy prevalence17.2–24.9%