statin1491: FDA Statin dataset with 1491 adverse events

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FDA Statin dataset with 1491 adverse events

Description

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

Usage

statin1491

Format

An object of class matrix (inherits from array) with 1491 rows and 7 columns.

Details

Data are stored in the form of a contingency table, with drugs listed across the columns and the 1491 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

The 1491 AEs stored in the dataset represent the intersection of adverse events of the statin class of drugs and the GBCA drugs

Source

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

See Also

statin46, statin, gbca

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