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. 2020 Dec 10;21:87. doi: 10.1186/s40360-020-00464-9

Table 4.

Clinical manifestations of ADRs according to causative drugs categorized by ATC code

WHO-ART SOC Analgesic drugs Contrast media Antibiotics
< 65
n = 4083 (%)
≥ 65
n = 1161 (%)
P value < 65
n = 2737 (%)
≥ 65
n = 757 (%)
P value < 65
n = 2521 (%)
≥ 65
n = 710 (%)
P value
Skin 2200 (53.9) 301 (25.9) < 0.001 2337 (85.4) 628 (83.0) 0.174 1653 (65.6) 427 (60.1) 0.878
Gastrointestinal 1947 (47.7) 793 (68.3) < 0.001 341 (12.5) 98 (12.9) 0.843 982 (39.0) 252 (35.5) 1.000
Nervous system 781 (19.1) 228 (19.6) 0.067 231 (8.4) 53 (7.0) 0.207 286 (11.3) 75 (10.6) 0.907
General 534 (13.1) 110 (9.5) 0.035 319 (11.7) 86 (11.4) 0.807 404 (16.0) 94 (13.2) 0.409
Respiratory 648 (15.9) 112 (9.6) < 0.001 291 (10.6) 67 (8.9) 0.156 339 (13.4) 60 (8.5) 0.007
Heart-related 198 (4.8) 68 (5.9) 0.039 70 (2.6) 46 (6.1) < 0.001 131 (5.2) 27 (3.8) 0.344
Anaphylaxis 240 (5.9) 52 (4.5) 0.302 44 (1.6) 23 (3.0) 0.019 234 (9.3) 41 (5.8) 0.025
SCARs 5 (0.1) 4 (0.3) 0.090 4 (0.1) 1 (0.1) 1.000 14 (0.6) 7 (1.0) 0.170

Values represent numbers of patients with percentages in parentheses. P values were obtained from the chi-square test with Yates’ correction

ADR Adverse drug reaction, WHO-ART World Health Organization Adverse Reactions Terminology, SOC System Organ Classes, ATC Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical, SCAR Severe cutaneous adverse reaction