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Table 1 Ability of AR to detect signals for primary diseases

From: A simple method for exploring adverse drug events in patients with different primary diseases using spontaneous reporting system

Primary diseases

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

Youden’s index

PPV (%)

NPV (%)

Kidney injury

99.58

94.99

0.946

68.08

99.95

Liver injury

99.57

94.87

0.944

67.88

99.95

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