Table 5.
Detailed analysis of the mapping between ATC and MeSH classes–Structural vs. functional classes
| Type of relation | Direction | # strong relations | # unique ATC classes | # unique ATC classes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Equivalence (all) |
ATC-MeSH (all) |
223 |
149 |
165 |
|
ATC-MeSH (St) |
115 |
77 |
84 |
|
|
ATC-MeSH (Fn) |
108 |
86 |
81 |
|
|
Inclusion (all) |
ATC to MeSH (all) |
4914 |
728 |
650 |
|
MeSH (all) to ATC |
1343 |
358 |
510 |
|
|
Inclusion (best) |
ATC to MeSH (all) |
1267 |
728 |
483 |
|
ATC to MeSH (St) |
597 |
559 |
275 |
|
|
ATC to MeSH (Fn) |
670 |
657 |
208 |
|
|
MeSH (all) to ATC |
568 |
264 |
510 |
|
|
MeSH (St) to ATC |
406 |
211 |
364 |
|
| MeSH (Fn) to ATC | 162 | 102 | 146 |
Details of the instance-based alignment between functional (Fn) and structural (St) classes in ATC and MeSH.