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. 2013 Apr 12;346:f1936. doi: 10.1136/bmj.f1936

Table 2.

 Distribution of adverse liver events. Values are numbers (percentages)

Recorded hepatic event Definite cases Probable cases Total
Raised liver function test results 279 (83) 557 (85) 836 (85)
Jaundice 53 (16) 83 (13) 136 (14)
Hepatitis 7 (2) 12 (2) 19 (2)
Liver failure 0 1 (<1) 1 (<1)
Liver necrosis 0 0 0
Other* 5 (1) 8 (1) 13 (1)

Patients with more than one recorded hepatic event during same episode are included in all relevant categories, therefore counts cannot be summed to equal total patients.

*Mostly procedural—for example, liver biopsy.