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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2024 Apr 16;143(6):819–823. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000005585

Table 1.

Selected Characteristics of High Causality Pregnancy-associated DILI Cases

Case # Age (y) Race/Ethnicity Implicated Drug DILI Onset Weeks Gestation at onset Pattern of Injury Causality Score Severity Score Maternal Outcome Fetal Outcome Peak ALT U/L Peak TB mg/dL
1 43 W Methyldopa Pregnancy 10 HC Definite Moderate Hospitalized Resolution Unknown 2459 11
2 29 B Methyldopa Pregnancy 20 HC Highly Likely Mild Resolution Miscarriage 800 0.8
3 30 B Methyldopa Pregnancy 8 HC Highly Likely Moderate Hospitalized Resolution Unknown 1315 17.8
4 24 B Infliximab Pregnancy 22 HC Highly Likely Severe Resolution Delivered 1155 25.41
5 20 W Quetiapine Pregnancy 29 HC Highly Likely Mild Resolution Delivered 1078 0.4
6 34 H Isoniazid Pregnancy 1st trimester HC Probable Severe/Fatal Transplant Miscarriage 2095 13.8
7 28 W Letrozole Pregnancy NA HC Probable Moderate Resolution Miscarriage 827 7
8 28 B Methyldopa Postpartum - HC Highly Likely Severe Resolution Delivered 579 21.7
9 20 W OCP Postpartum - HC Highly Likely Moderate Hospitalized Resolution Delivered 445 14.9
10 32 H Methyldopa Postpartum - HC Definite Severe Resolution Delivered 1415 29.9
11 28 W Cefazolin Postpartum - C Highly Likely Moderate Hospitalized Resolution Terminated 201 7.3
12 25 B Methyldopa Postpartum - HC Highly Likely Moderate Hospitalized Resolution Delivered 1292 24.9
13 39 B Methyldopa Postpartum - HC Highly Likely Moderate Hospitalized Resolution Delivered 1414 19.5
14 26 W Methyldopa Postpartum - HC Highly Likely Moderate Hospitalized Resolution Delivered 1577 15.3
15 31 H PTU Pregnancy 36 M Probable Severe Resolution Delivered 549 8.4
16 31 B Methyldopa Pregnancy 11 HC Probable Moderate Hospitalized Unknown Unknown 1481 3.2

Definite causality score corresponds to >95% likelihood, high likely= 70-95%, probable= 50-<70%. Abbreviations: W=White, B=Black, H= Hispanic, HC=Hepatocellular, C=Cholestatic, PTU=propylthiouracil; OCP, oral contraceptive pills.