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Table 3 Number of adverse drug reactions and severe adverse reactions stratified by system organ class

From: Adverse drug reactions associated with six commonly used antiepileptic drugs in southern China from 2003 to 2015

System organ class (descending order)

All

Number of AEDs related to the ADR

One AEDs

Two AEDs

More than three AEDs

Number (severea)

Number (severea)

Number (severea)

Number (severea)

Psychiatric disorders

1633 (84)

813 (29)

710 (39)

110 (16)

Neurological disorders

1222 (93)

630 (46)

500 (37)

92 (10)

Gastrointestinal disorders

564 (68)

244 (26)

280 (31)

40 (11)

Skin and appendage disorders

341 (131)

183 (67)

132 (50)

26 (14)

Body as a whole - general disorders

260 (19)

137 (10)

108 (5)

15 (4)

Metabolic and nutritional disorders

257 (19)

131 (8)

107 (8)

19 (3)

Liver and biliary disorders

236 (33)

135 (17)

84 (12)

17 (4)

Vision disorders

88 (6)

28 (2)

45 (3)

15 (1)

Reproductive disorders

88 (16)

48 (9)

36 (4)

4 (3)

Blood disorders

81 (25)

32 (15)

37 (9)

12 (1)

Musculoskeletal disorders

65 (11)

39 (5)

23 (4)

3 (2)

Urinary tract disorders

55 (9)

30 (5)

23 (3)

2 (1)

Hearing, vestibular and special senses disorders

49 (2)

32 (1)

16 (1)

1 (0)

Cardiovascular disorders

42 (2)

26 (2)

13 (0)

3 (0)

Vascular, bleeding and clotting disorders

36 (2)

19 (1)

16 (1)

1 (0)

Respiratory disorders

15 (4)

9 (1)

4 (2)

2 (1)

Immune disorders and infections

13 (9)

8 (6)

4 (3)

1 (0)

Congenital disorders

4 (4)

2 (2)

2 (2)

0 (0)

Total

5049 (537)

2546 (252)

2140 (214)

363 (71)

  1. ADRs adverse drug reactions, AEDs antiepileptic drugs, SARs severe adverse reactions
  2. aSARs refers to those ADRs requiring withdrawal of the suspected drugs and symptomatic treatment, regardless of whether the suspected drugs were used in mono- or polytherapy