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. 2020 Apr 29;21:163. doi: 10.1186/s12859-020-3509-7

Table 2.

Performance and prevalence of adverse events that were well-predicted by the algorithm

Adverse Event Median (25th – 75th quantile) Mode Prevalence (%)
Sensitivity Specificity Positive Predictive Value Negative Predictive Value Comparator Drugs Test Drugs
AGRANULOCYTOSIS 50 (50–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 91 (82–91) 91 23 11
ANAEMIA 25 (17–33) 20 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 55 (45–64) 55 45 42
ANAPHYLACTIC REACTION 25 (20–33) 25 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 64 (56–73) 73 37 35
BONE MARROW FAILURE 100 (0–100) 100 100 (90–100) 100 100 (0–100) 100 91 (91–91) 91 14 5
BRONCHITIS 33 (25–50) 50 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 82 (73–90) 82 27 20
CEREBRAL HAEMORRHAGE 33 (0–50) 0 100 (90–100) 100 100 (0–100) 100 82 (82–91) 91 14 15
CHOLESTASIS 50 (50–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 91 (82–91) 91 8 9
CONFUSIONAL STATE 25 (20–33) 25 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 70 (60–80) 73 50 33
DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS 50 (33–100) 50 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 90 (82–91) 91 11 13
DIABETES MELLITUS 50 (0–100) 0 90 (90–100) 100 50 (0–100) 100 91 (82–91) 91 27 9
DIPLOPIA 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 91 (91–100) 91 17 4
EXTRAPYRAMIDAL DISORDER 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 91 (91–91) 91 21 4
FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA 50 (33–100) 50 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 90 (82–91) 91 7 15
GASTROINTESTINAL HAEMORRHAGE 33 (25–50) 25 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 73 (64–82) 73 27 31
HEPATIC FAILURE 33 (25–50) 33 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 73 (64–82) 73 29 25
HEPATOTOXICITY 25 (0–33) 0 90 (88–100) 100 50 (0–100) 100 73 (67–82) 73 25 27
HYPERCHOLESTEROLAEMIA 33 (0–50) 0 90 (89–100) 100 50 (0–100) 100 82 (80–91) 91 22 15
HYPERGLYCAEMIA 25 (17–40) 0 100 (89–100) 100 100 (50–100) 100 78 (67–82) 80 36 27
HYPERKINESIA 50 (50–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 90 (82–91) 91 36 13
HYPERSENSITIVITY 20 (14–29) 17 100 (80–100) 100 100 (50–100) 100 44 (33–56) 50 67 58
HYPERTENSION 50 (33–67) 50 100 (86–100) 100 100 (67–100) 100 75 (62–83) 67 57 40
HYPOGLYCAEMIA 50 (25–100) 50 100 (90–100) 100 100 (50–100) 100 90 (82–91) 91 27 15
IMPAIRED HEALING 100 (50–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 91 (90–91) 91 2 7
INFECTION 50 (33–67) 50 89 (86–100) 100 67 (50–100) 100 80 (73–89) 100 43 27
INSOMNIA 20 (14–25) 17 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 55 (45–64) 55 58 49
INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE 50 (33–67) 50 100 (89–100) 100 100 (50–100) 100 89 (80–91) 90 12 18
JAUNDICE 33 (0–50) 0 90 (89–100) 100 50 (0–100) 100 82 (80–91) 91 40 15
LARYNGEAL OEDEMA 100 (67–100) 100 88 (79–100) 100 50 (33–100) 100 91 (82–91) 91 8 7
LEUKOPENIA 25 (25–33) 25 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 73 (64–82) 73 44 29
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION 25 (0–40) 0 100 (88–100) 100 100 (0–100) 100 73 (67–82) 80 44 29
NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 91 (91–100) 91 16 4
NEUROPATHY PERIPHERAL 40 (25–50) 50 86 (80–100) 100 67 (50–100) 100 67 (56–78) 67 60 42
NEUTROPENIA 50 (33–60) 50 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 75 (67–82) 78 23 38
OEDEMA 20 (14–33) 0 83 (75–100) 100 67 (50–100) 100 44 (33–55) 50 71 58
PANCREATITIS 50 (25–60) 50 90 (86–100) 100 75 (50–100) 100 80 (70–89) 78 33 29
PANCYTOPENIA 50 (25–67) 50 100 (90–100) 100 100 (50–100) 100 90 (82–91) 91 21 15
PNEUMONIA 50 (25–67) 50 89 (86–100) 100 50 (33–100) 100 86 (78–90) 100 37 22
PROTEINURIA 50 (33–50) 50 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 89 (82–91) 91 12 15
PULMONARY EMBOLISM 50 (25–100) 50 100 (90–100) 100 100 (50–100) 100 90 (82–91) 91 18 13
PULMONARY OEDEMA 50 (0–100) 0 90 (90–100) 100 50 (0–100) 100 90 (82–91) 91 17 9
RENAL FAILURE 50 (33–67) 50 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 89 (80–91) 91 28 18
RENAL IMPAIRMENT 50 (33–100) 50 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 91 (82–91) 91 27 11
SEIZURE 33 (0–50) 0 89 (86–100) 100 50 (0–100) 100 78 (70–88) 80 49 27
SEPSIS 50 (33–67) 50 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 88 (78–90) 100 20 24
SEROTONIN SYNDROME 100 (50–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 91 (91–100) 100 13 7
STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME 33 (20–50) 33 100 (90–100) 100 100 (50–100) 100 80 (73–89) 82 28 24
STOMATITIS 33 (0–50) 0 89 (86–100) 100 50 (0–100) 100 82 (75–90) 80 28 22
SUICIDAL BEHAVIOUR 25 (20–33) 33 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 82 (73–82) 82 24 22
SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA 33 (25–50) 33 100 (100–100) 100 100 (100–100) 100 80 (73–90) 82 27 24
TACHYCARDIA 40 (25–50) 50 90 (86–100) 100 75 (50–100) 100 78 (67–88) 78 61 31
THROMBOCYTOPENIA 40 (25–50) 50 88 (83–100) 100 67 (50–100) 100 73 (62–80) 67 58 36
UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION 20 (17–33) 20 100 (86–100) 100 100 (50–100) 100 60 (50–70) 60 28 44
URINARY TRACT INFECTION 25 (20–40) 25 100 (88–100) 100 100 (67–100) 100 67 (56–75) 70 32 40