Table 5.
Summary of causality assessment results for case reports.
| CAUSALITY ASSESSMENT RESULTS FOR CASES RELATED TO SIDS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DILIN causality Scale | OVERALL (HDS) score | % of total | Agent-Specific (GTE) Score | % of total | Specific Score - OTHER (drug name) | % of total | RUCAM scale | RUCAM score | % of total |
| 1 = definite | 4 | 11.4 | 4 | 11.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| 2 = highly likely | 11 | 31.4 | 11 | 31.4 | 0 | 0.0 | Highly Probable: * or >8 | 6 | 17.1 |
| 3 = probable | 14 | 40.0 | 14 | 40.0 | 0 | 0.0 | Probably:6-8 | 23 | 62.9 |
| 4 = possible | 5 | 14.3 | 5 | 14.3 | 5 | 12.5 | Possible: 3-5 | 6 | 17.1 |
| 5 = unlikely | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 87.5 | Unlikely: 1-2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 6 = insufficient data | 1 | 2.9 | 1 | 2.9 | 1 | 0 | Excluded: 0 or <0 | 1 | 2.9 |
| 35 | 100.0 | 35 | 100.0 | 35 | 100.0 | 35 | 100.0 | ||
SIDS: single-ingredient dietary supplement, containing only green tea extract as ingredient.
DILIN: Drug‐Induced Liver Injury Network.
HDS: herbal dietary supplement.
GTE: green tea extract.
Drug name: different drugs were involved, some used alone or concurrently with others.