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Table 3 Sex ratios of adverse drug event reports in VigiBase among 59 drugs with sex-biased ADRs

From: Sex differences in pharmacokinetics predict adverse drug reactions in women

WHO ATC category

Drug name/PK biasa

ADR bias

VB ratiob

ADR-VB relation

Alimentary tract, metabolism

Liraglutide

Females

1.79

Concordant

Ranitidine

Males

1.52

Discordant1

Rosiglitazone

Females

0.79

Discordant1

Blood and blood forming organ

Heparin

Females

0.92

Discordant2

Aspirin

Females

0.85

Discordant2

Warfarin

Females

0.91

Discordant2

Clopidogrel

Females

0.69

Discordant2

Dabigatran

Females

0.93

Discordant2

Cardiovascular system

Torasemide

Females

1.15

Discordant2

Pravastatin

Females

1.13

Discordant2

Amlodipine

Females

1.41

Concordant

Digoxin

Females

1.26

Concordant

Verapimil

Females

1.56

Concordant

Aliskiren

Females

1.27

Concordant

Losartan

Males

1.41

Discordant1

Propranolol

Females

1.72

Concordant

Dofetilide

Females

0.92

Discordant2

Genito-urinary system, sex hormones

Mirabegron

Females

1.95

Concordant

Darifenacin

Females

2.48

Concordant

Trospium

Females

2.14

Concordant

Systemic hormonal preparations

Prednisone

Females

1.17

Discordant2

Anti-infectives

Levofloxacin

Females

1.26

Concordant

Erythromycin

Females

1.70

Concordant

Voriconazole

Females

0.65

Discordant1

Antineoplastics, immunomodulators

Cyclosporin

Neither

1.25

Discordant1

Fluorouracil

Females

1.00

Discordant2

Paclitaxel

Females

2.66

Concordant

Capecitabine

Females

1.77

Concordant

Infliximab

Females

1.51

Concordant

Adalimumab

Females

2.02

Concordant

Anesthetics, analgesics

Morphine

Females

1.57

Concordant

Oxycodone

Females

1.01

Discordant2

Buprenorphine

Females

1.61

Concordant

Tramadol

Females

1.71

Concordant

Zolmitriptan

Females

5.14

Concordant

Ketamine

Males

1.07

Discordant2

Anti-epileptics, anti-Parkinson’s

Carbamazepine

Females

1.26

Concordant

Gabapentin

Females

1.84

Concordant

Perampanel

Females

1.18

Discordant2

Pramipexole

females

1.19

Discordant2

Psycholeptics

Olanzapine

Females

0.92

Discordant2

Clozapine

Males

0.61

Concordant

Risperidone

Females

0.53

Discordant1

Aripiprazol

Females

1.27

Concordant

Diazepam

Females

1.17

Discordant2

Zolpidem

Females

1.48

Concordant

Eszopiclone

Females

1.85

Concordant

Psychoanaleptics

Imipramine

Females

1.61

Concordant

Nortriptyline

Females

2.10

Concordant

Fluoxetine

Females

2.29

Concordant

Citalopram

Females

1.95

Concordant

Sertraline

Females

2.00

Concordant

Bupropion

Females

1.79

Concordant

Methylphenidate

Females

0.47

Discordant1

Antiparasitics

Primaquine

Females

0.55

Discordant1

Respiratory

Terfenadine

Females

1.66

Concordant

Fexofenadine

Females

2.05

Concordant

Miscellaneous

MDMA

females

0.43

Discordant1

Cannabis

females

0.51

Discordant1

  1. Threshold for designation of a VigiBase reporting sex bias was set at ± 20%
  2. aFont style of drug name indicates direction of PK drug exposure bias: (normal: F > M; bold: M > F)
  3. bFemale-to-male (F:M) ratio of suspected ADRs
  4. 1“false sex” error
  5. 2“false null” error