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. 2020 Feb 18;27(4):539–548. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocz216

Table 4.

Accuracy of the data elements for the 50 concepts evaluated against the relevant source databases

Data element N Accuracy Data element N Accuracy
SDSI Atoms
 NMCD 1497 100.0% Attributesa
 MSKCC 152 100.0%  Source material 9 100.0%
 DSLD 1787 99.4%  Ingredient category 141 100.0%
 NHP 195 100.0%  Background 77 100.0%
Average Accuracy 3632 99.7%  Safety 58 100.0%
Relationships  Mechanism of action 28 100.0%
 is_effective_for 874 99.3%  Langual Product type 95 100.0%
 has_therapeutic_class 409 98.5%  Interaction rating 252 99.7%
 has_adverse_effect_on 272 100.0%  Interaction severity 252 99.7%
 has_adverse_reaction 240 89.6%  Effectiveness rating 733 99.2%
 ingredient_of 277 99.3% Average Accuracy 1645 99.6%
 interacts_with 350 92.9%
Average Accuracy 2422 97.4%

Abbreviations: DSLD, Dietary Supplement Label Database; MSKCC, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; NHP, Natural Health Products Database; NMCD, Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database; SDSI, semantic dietary supplement ingredient.

a

We do not include the UMLS semantic type attribute as an evaluation of the QuickUMLS tool used; to generate its values is outside the scope of this work.