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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 23.
Published in final edited form as: Liver Int. 2015 Dec 15;36(4):603–609. doi: 10.1111/liv.13032

Table 3.

Comparison of NSAID Cases by Implicated Agent

Feature Diclofenac Celecoxib Meloxicam Etodolac Oxaprozin

N 16 3 3 2 2

Causality: 1.9 2.0 2.3 2.0 1.5
Definite 4 1 0 1 1
Very Likely 9 1 2 0 1
Probable 3 1 1 1 0

Severity 2.8 3.0 3 2 1
Mild [1] 6 0 0 0 2
Mod [2,3] 2 3 3 2 0
Severe [4,5] 8 0 0 0 0

Fatality 6% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Duration Rx 90.1 58.7 11.0 211.5 18.0

Immunoallergic 25% 0% 33% 0% 100%

Autoimmune 38% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Prednisone 38% 33% 33% 0% 50%

ALT (initial) 1386 656 360 492 478

Alk P (initial) 182 319 901 235 228

Bilirubin (initial) 8.0 7.4 12.3 3.9 0.7

Bilirubin (peak) 14.8 11.1 12.3 4.0 1.4

INR (peak) 1.5 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2

Symptoms 94% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Jaundice 69% 100% 100% 100% 50%

Itching 38% 33% 0% 50% 100%

Rash 31% 0% 33% 50% 100%

Fever 25% 0% 33% 0% 100%

ANA 31% 0% 0% 0% 50%

ASMA 25% 0% 0% 0% 0%