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Table 3 Clinical characteristics of target patients with AAD

From: Antibiotics and antibiotic-associated diarrhea: a real-world disproportionality study of the FDA adverse event reporting system from 2004 to 2022

Characteristics

Reports, n (%)

Patient age(year)

  < 18

231 (4.28%)

 18–64

1867 (34.59%)

  ≥ 65

2332 (43.21%)

 Unkown

967 (17.92%)

Patient gender

 Male

1989 (36.85%)

 Female

2779 (51.49%)

 Unkown

629 (11.65%)

Reporter

 Consumer

1054 (19.53%)

 Lawyer

14 (0.26%)

 Other health-professional

1213 (22.48%)

 Pharmacist

885 (16.40%)

 Physician

1701 (31.52%)

 Unkown

530 (9.82%)

Continent

 Africa

25 (0.46%)

 Asian

329 (6.10%)

 Europe

2026 (37.54%)

 North America

2610 (48.36%)

 Oceania

18 (0.33%)

 South America

49 (0.91)

 Unkown

340 (6.30%)

Year

 2004

207 (3.84%)

 2005

210 (3.89%)

 2006

231 (4.28%)

 2007

206 (3.82%)

 2008

266 (4.93%)

 2009

294 (5.45%)

 2010

224 (4.15%)

 2011

205 (3.80%)

 2012

172 (3.19%)

 2013

352 (6.52%)

 2014

294 (5.45%)

 2015

324 (6.00%)

 2016

306 (5.67%)

 2017

313 (5.80%)

 2018

352 (6.52%)

 2019

440 (8.15%)

 2020

322 (5.97%)

 2021

414 (7.67%)

 2022

265 (4.91%)

  1. AAD Antibiotic-associated diarrhea, n Number of reports