Table 9.

Detected signals by each method for voglibose and acarbose.

		Adverse Event	Obs	Exp	ROR	PRR	IC	LRT	GPS	BCPNN	sB	TreeScan
Voglibose	500_165	Anorexia	8	2.62	2.42 *	2.42 *	0.59	0.940	1.12	0.35	1.37	0.504
	600	Gastrointestinal system disorders	115	73.73	1.83	1.83	0.32	0.001 *	1.28	0.31	1.46	0.001 *
	600_204	Constipation	11	3.96	2.26 *	2.26 *	0.60	0.782	1.24	0.43	1.47	0.336
	600_205	Diarrhea	12	6.43	1.33	1.33	0.06	1.000	0.92	0.00	1.23	0.980
	600_268	Abdominal pain	10	3.63	2.20 *	2.20 *	0.55	0.910	1.17	0.37	1.43	0.447
	600_279	Dyspepsia	35	7.22	5.16 *	5.15 *	1.77 *	0.001 *	3.11 *	1.62 *	3.64 *	0.001 *
	600_285	Flatulence	15	0.39	40.28 *	40.00 *	4.49 *	0.001 *	20.89 *	2.79 *	10.76 *	0.001 *
	800	Metabolic and nutritional disorders	37	5.07	8.11 *	8.10 *	2.37 *	0.001 *	4.67 *	2.15 *	6.11 *	0.001 *
	800_389	Hypoglycemia	24	0.55	48.25 *	47.86 *	4.84 *	0.001 *	27.47 *	3.41 *	17.12 *	0.001 *
	800_392	Hyponatremia	2	0.18	9.67 *	9.65 *	1.44 *	0.996	0.49	−0.30	0.03	0.772
	800_407	Weight decrease	2	0.21	8.19 *	8.18 *	1.24 *	0.998	0.47	−0.34	0.04	0.860
	1100	Respiratory system disorders	16	9.46	1.23	1.23	0.03	1.000	0.94	−0.02	1.21	0.981
	1100_515	Epistaxis	2	0.21	8.18 *	8.17 *	1.24 *	0.998	0.47	−0.34	0.04	0.861
	1100_523	Pharyngitis	4	0.85	3.79 *	3.79 *	0.81	0.992	0.85	0.15	0.80	0.745
	1810_401	Edema peripheral	3	0.71	3.15 *	3.15 *	0.44	1.000	0.60	−0.20	0.43	0.973
Acarbose	500_172	Depression	2	0.08	25.07 *	25.02 *	2.68 *	0.638	0.66	−0.18	0.04	0.209
	600_205	Diarrhea	7	3.01	1.65	1.64	0.11	1.000	0.84	−0.05	0.90	0.924
	600_285	Flatulence	12	0.18	72.43 *	72.02 *	5.16 *	0.001 *	31.93 *	2.62 *	10.06 *	0.001 *
	600_336	Tooth disorder	2	0.01	180.65 *	177.84 *	5.43 *	0.010 *	1.88	−0.10	0.02	0.008 *
	800	Metabolic and nutritional disorders	6	2.38	1.79	1.79	0.15	1.000	0.81	−0.06	0.89	0.920
	800_383	Hyperkalemia	2	0.11	17.08 *	17.06 *	2.16 *	0.846	0.58	−0.22	0.03	0.390
	800_389	Hypoglycemia	3	0.26	10.77 *	10.76 *	1.88 *	0.632	0.91	0.23	0.64	0.202
	1210	Red blood cell disorders	4	0.62	5.70 *	5.70 *	1.26 *	0.798	1.00	0.33	0.98	0.326
	1210_544	Anemia	4	0.51	7.13 *	7.13 *	1.54 *	0.556	1.10	0.43	1.05	0.176
	1300	Urinary system disorders	6	2.16	2.06 *	2.06 *	0.29	0.998	0.87	0.04	0.91	0.819
	1300_619	Renal function abnormal	2	0.11	16.52 *	16.50 *	2.12 *	0.860	0.57	−0.23	0.03	0.396
	1810_711	Abdomen enlarged	2	0.08	25.76 *	25.71 *	2.72 *	0.632	0.66	−0.18	0.02	0.197

Obs, Observed count; Exp, Expected count; 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; * signal.