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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2018 Dec 1;7(4):1253–1260.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2018.11.023

Table 2.

Prevalence of reported drug-induced severe cutaneous adverse reactions by patient demographic characteristics

Total
n (%)
Sexa
n (%)
Racial/ethnic group b
n (%)
n=2,734,506 Femalec
n=1,511,555
Male
n=1,222,649
Whited
n=1,814,521
Blacke
n=156,892
Hispanicf
n=171,071
Asiang
n=94,332
Other
n=47,028
Patients with SCAR 1,122 (0.04) 674 (0.05) 448 (0.04) 824 (0.05) 57 (0.04) 37 (0.02) 50 (0.05) 15 (0.03)
 AGEP 7 (0.0) 4 (0.0) 3 (0.0) 5 (0.0) 0 0 2 (0.0) 0
 DRESS 55 (0.002) 33 (0.002) 22 (0.002) 41 (0.002) 5 (0.003) 4 (0.002) 3 (0.003) 0
 EM 259 (0.009) 135 (0.009) 124 (0.01) 176 (0.01) 5 (0.003) 10 (0.006) 8 (0.008) 5 (0.001)
 SJS 755 (0.03) 481 (0.03) 274 (0.02) 582 (0.03) 42 (0.03) 22 (0.01) 33 (0.04) 9 (0.02)
 TEN 77 (0.003) 44 (0.003) 33 (0.003) 45 (0.002) 9 (0.006) 3 (0.002) 6 (0.006) 1 (0.002)

AGEP = acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis; DRESS = drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms; EM = erythema multiforme; SCAR = severe cutaneous adverse reaction; SJS = Stevens-Johnson syndrome; TEN = toxic epidermal necrolysis

a

Sex information for patients with an HSR was missing for 302 patients

b

Race information for patients with an HSR was missing (e.g., unknown, refused) for 44,599 patients

c

SCAR and SJS were significantly (p<0.05) more prevalent in females than males

d

White patients had a significantly (p<0.05) higher prevalence of SCAR and all subtypes, except for AGEP (p>0.05), compared to the rest of the PEAR population

e

Black patients had a significantly (p<0.05) higher prevalence of DRESS and TEN, compared to the rest of the PEAR population; Black patients had a significantly (p<0.05) lower prevalence of SCAR, EM, and SJS, compared to the rest of the PEAR population

f

Hispanic patients had a significantly (p<0.05) higher prevalence of DRESS, compared to the rest of the PEAR population; Hispanic patients had a significantly (p<0.05) lower prevalence of SCAR, EM, SJS, and TEN compared to the rest of the PEAR population

g

Asian patients had a significantly (p<0.05) higher prevalence of SCAR, DRESS, SJS, and TEN, compared to the rest of the PEAR population; Asian patients had a significantly (p<0.05) lower prevalence of EM, compared to the rest of the PEAR population