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. 2018 Winter;17(Suppl):53–63.

Table 5.

Correlation between study parameters and adverse drug reactions using Spearman test

Significant Parameters Correlation Coefficient(r) P -value
Gender-number of ADRs 0.152 0.025
Gender-incidence of ADR 0.136 0.046
Gender-death 0.212 0.002
Gender-anaphylactic reactions 0.141 0.038
Gender-ecchymosis 0.169 0.012
Gender-headache 0.135 0.047
Number of ADRs-age 0.136 0.045
Number of ADRS -history of poly-pharmacy 0.212 0.002
Number of ADRs –VF 0.205 0.002
Number of ADRs – PE 0.160 0.020
Number of ADRs - hemoglobin deficiency -0.225 0.001
Number of ADRs -allergy history 0.143 0.036
Number of ADRs - history of anti-coagulant usage 0.163 0.017
Incidence of ADRs - location of MI 0.143 0.047
Incidence of ADR – history of allergy 0.160 0.018
Incidence of ADRs- PE 0.184 0.006
Incidence of ADRs - dyslipidemia 0.174 0.010
Incidence of ADRs - EF -0.150 0.031
location of MI - EF -0.142 0.042
Age- EF -0.210 0.004
location of MI - bradycardia 0.152 0.034
location of MI-tachycardia 0.183 0.012
History of polypharmacy- Incidence of ADRs 0.154 0.023
History of polypharmacy- PE 0.159 0.019
History of polypharmacy-fever 0.147 0.030
History of polypharmacy-ecchymosis 0.145 0.033
ADRs: adverse drug reactions, EF: ejection fraction, MI: myocardial infarction, PE: pulmonary embolism, VF: ventricular tachycardia.