statin: FDA Statin dataset with 6039 adverse events

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FDA Statin dataset with 6039 adverse events

Description

A Drug-Adverse event (AE) count dataset (contingency table) obtained from the FDA FAERS database for the quarters 2014Q3 - 2020Q4

Usage

statin

Format

An object of class matrix (inherits from array) with 6039 rows and 7 columns.

Details

Data are stored in the form of a contingency table, with drugs listed across the columns and the 6039 AEs presented across the rows. Each cell in the contingency table represents the total report counts associated with that drug/AE pair and detected in the FDA FAERS database during 2014Q3 - 2020Q4.

The dataset catalogs 6 statin drugs (across columns):

Atorvastatin, Fluvastatin, Lovastatin, Pravastatin, Rosuvastatin, Simvastatin

Corresponding to all 6039 observed adverse events (AEs) observed in statins

Source

https://fis.fda.gov/extensions/FPD-QDE-FAERS/FPD-QDE-FAERS.html


pvLRT documentation built on March 7, 2023, 7:17 p.m.