Table 4.
Representation of ADE information from the literature at different abstraction levels
| Aggregation | ORIGINAL (MeSH terms as extracted from MEDLINE) | LOW (IC 7–10) | MEDIUM (IC 4.5–7) | HIGH (IC 1–5.5) | MeSH 2nd level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # unique candidate ADE pairs | 105354 | 87415 | 49696 | 41705 | 51226 |
| # unique higher-level AE terms | 3057 | 607 | 156 | 99 | 297 |
| # unique AE terms covered | 3057 | 2428 | 2760 | 2875 | 3039 |
| # unique drugs with AE associations | 1609 | 1590 | 1602 | 1608 | 1608 |
| # unique drug classes (ATC 4) with AE associations | 565 | 565 | 564 | 565 | 565 |