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. 2015 May 20;80(2):304–314. doi: 10.1111/bcp.12610

Number of drugs (fifth ATC level) by class with enough exposure to study the given incidences with the given relative risks (RRs)

≤1/100 000 PYs ≤10/100 000 PYs ≤50/100 000 PYs ≤100/100 000 PYs ≤500/100 000 PYs
First ATC tclass * RR ≥2 RR ≥4 RR ≥6 RR ≥2 RR ≥4 RR ≥6 RR ≥2 RR ≥4 RR ≥6 RR ≥2 RR ≥4 RR ≥6 RR ≥2 RR ≥4 RR ≥6
Alimentary (n = 391) N (%) - - - - 1 (0.3) 2 (0.5) 1 (0.3) 11 (2.8) 21 (5.4) 2 (0.5) 20 (5.1) 37 (9.5) 14 (3.6) 52 (13.3) 66 (16.9)
Respiratory (n = 160) N (%) - - 3 (1.9) 2 (1.3) 15 (9.4) 21 (13.1) 12 (7.5) 29 (18.1) 37 (23.1) 18 (11.3) 35 (21.9) 47 (29.4) 30 (18.8) 54 (33.8) 63 (39.4)
Dermatological (n = 203) N (%) - - - - 2 (1.0) 8 (3.9) 1 (0.5) 14 (6.9) 23 (11.3) 5 (2.5) 23 (11.3) 35 (17.2) 19 (9.4) 48 (23.6) 62 (30.5)
Anti-infectives (n = 232) N (%) - - 2 (0.9) 1 (0.4) 5 (2.2) 8 (3.4) 3 (1.3) 12 (5.2) 22 (9.5) 6 (2.6) 19 (8.2) 28 (12.1) 17 (7.3) 40 (17.2) 58 (25.0)
Neurologic (n = 269) N (%) - - - - 2 (0.7) 2 (0.7) 1 (0.4) 9 (3.3) 19 (7.1) 2 (0.7) 19 (7.1) 27 (10.0) 14 (5.2) 41 (15.2) 57 (21.2)
Sensory organs (n = 169) N (%) - - - - - 1 (0.6) - 5 (3.0) 12 (7.1) - 12 (7.1) 19 (11.2) 11 (6.5) 34 (20.1) 42 (24.9)
Cardiovascular (n = 192) N (%) - - - - - - - - 5 (2.6) - 3 (1.6) 9 (4.7) - 18 (9.4) 33 (17.2)
Genitourinary (n = 153) N (%) - - 1 (0.7) - 2 (1.3) 4 (2.6) 2 (1.3) 5 (3.3) 8 (5.2) 3 (2.0) 8 (5.2) 11 (7.2) 8 (5.2) 24 (15.7) 32 (20.9)
Hormones (n = 72) N (%) - - - - 2 (2.8) 8 (11.1) - 10 (13.9) 14 (19.4) 4 (5.6) 14 (19.4) 18 (25.0) 14 (19.4) 24 (33.3) 30 (41.7)
Musculoskeletal (n = 104) N (%) - - - - - - - 2 (1.9) 5 (4.8) - 4 (3.8) 7 (6.7) 3 (2.9) 8 (7.7) 18 (17.3)
Blood (n = 97) N (%) - - - - - 2 (2.1) - 3 (3.1) 6 (6.2) 2 (2.1) 5 (5.2) 7 (7.2) 3 (3.1) 11 (11.3) 16 (16.5)
Antiparasitic (n = 35) N (%) - - - - - - - - 1 (2.9) - 1 (2.9) 1 (2.9) - 5 (14.3) 11 (31.4)
Antineoplastics (n = 76 N (%) - - - - - - - - 2 (2.6) - 2 (2.6) 5 (6.6) - 6 (7.9) 10 (13.2)
Total (n = 2170) N (%) - - 6 (0.3) 3 (0.1) 29 (1.3) 56 (2.6) 20 (0.9) 100 (4.6) 175 (8.1) 42 (1.9) 165 (7.6) 251 (11.6) 133 (6.1) 365 (16.8) 498 (22.9)
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First ATC level ‘Various’ (n = 35) had no drugs with enough exposure for any of the incidences and is not presented.