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Table 3 Prevalence of potent anticholinergic use in CFAS I and CFAS II, by drug class

From: Increasing prevalence of anticholinergic medication use in older people in England over 20 years: cognitive function and ageing study I and II

Potent anticholinergic class

1991 CFAS I

2011 CFAS II

Urological

0.3 (0.2, 0.4)

2.8 (2.4, 3.2)

Antispasmodic

0.5 (0.3, 0.6)

0.3 (0.2, 0.5)

Antipsychotic

1.0 (0.8, 1.2)

0.9 (0.7, 1.1)

Antidepressant

4.0 (3.6, 4.5)

5.9 (5.4, 6.5)

Anxiolytic

N/A

0.2 (0.1, 0.3)

Parkinsonian

0.2 (0.2, 0.4)

0.1 (0.0, 0.2)

Antihistamine

0.2 (0.1, 0.3)

0.5 (0.3, 0.7)

  1. Cell entries denote % prevalence (95% confidence intervals)
  2. Abbreviations: CFAS Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies