Table 8.
Overall detection: the number of signals detected by each method in the 2012–2016 Korea adverse event reporting system (KAERS) database contained 1615 kinds of adverse events and 1716 kinds of drugs.
| Method (# of Pairs) | ROR & PRR | IC | LRT | GPS | BCPNN | sB | TreeScan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PT levels (2,546,544) | 43,960 | 25,714 | 8324 | 6147 | 5290 | 4397 | 9175 |
| SOC levels (54,912) | 4142 | 2147 | 2238 | 1342 | 1256 | 1163 | 1380 |
| Total (2,601,456) | 48,102 | 27,861 | 10,562 | 7489 | 6546 | 5560 | 10,555 |
ROR, Reporting Odds Ratio; PRR, Proportional Reporting Ratio; IC, Information Component; LRT, Likelihood ratio test; GPS, Gamma Poisson Shrinker; BCPNN, Bayesian Confidence Propagation Neural Network; sB simplified Bayes; TreeScan, Tree-based Scan Statistic.