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Table 2 Top 10 drugs by number of hepatic injury reports in children

From: Liver injury in children: signal analysis of suspected drugs based on the food and drug administration adverse event reporting system

Drug (ATC code-5th level)

Number of reports

PRR

χ²

ROR (95% CI)

Paracetamol (N02BE01)

1365

3.3

1,968.2

3.6 (3.4–3.8)

Methotrexate (L01BA01)

878

2.4

668.6

2.5 (2.3–2.7)

Vincristine (L01CA02)

649

2.8

728.4

3.0 (2.8–3.3)

Valproic acid (N03AG01)

511

3

661.3

3.2 (2.9–3.6)

Cyclophosphamide (L01AA01)

490

2.3

342

2.4 (2.2–2.6)

Tacrolimus (L04AD02)

427

2.3

310.2

2.4 (2.2–2.7)

Prednisone (H02AB07)

416

2

211.8

2.1 (1.9–2.3)

Prednisolone (H02AB06)

401

2.2

256.3

2.3 (2.1–2.5)

Etoposide (L01CB01)

378

2.2

249.6

2.3 (2.1–2.6)

Cytarabine (L01BC01)

344

2.6

349.4

2.8 (2.5–3.2)

  1. ATC, anatomic therapeutic chemical; CI, confidence interval; PRR, proportional reporting ratio; ROR, reporting odds ratio