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Table. 3.

Table. 3.

Differences in mean age and sex between fluconazole and itraconazole groups when stratified by the type of adverse events

Types of AEs Drug AEs, N (%) Age, mean±SD p value Female, N (%) p value
Gastrointestinal system fluconazole 388 (38.4) 51.6±17.2 0.876 302 (77.8) 0.001
itraconazole 125 (26.0) 51.9±15.3 78 (62.4)
Psychiatric system fluconazole 146 (14.4) 44.1±15.8 0.156 119 (81.5) 0.001
itraconazole 61 (12.7) 47.4±14.0 36 (59.0)
Skin fluconazole 105 (10.4) 54.9±15.4 <0.001 83 (79.0) 0.028
itraconazole 82 (17.1) 46.3±16.8 53 (64.6)
Nervous system fluconazole 112 (11.1) 53.4±17.8 0.332 73 (65.2) 0.728
itraconazole 53 (11.0) 50.6±16.1 36 (67.9)
Fatigue/Fever fluconazole 73 (7.2) 49.1±15.6 0.622 44 (60.3) 0.240
itraconazole 58 (12.1) 50.4±14.4 29 (50.0)
Edema fluconazole 55 (5.4) 57.8±14.5 0.165 38 (69.1) 0.055
itraconazole 33 (6.9) 53.24±15.2 16 (48.5)
Reproductive system fluconazole 29 (2.9) 46.3±16.2 0.683 25 (86.2) 0.235
itraconazole 15 (3.1) 48.3±18.6 10 (66.7)
Heart fluconazole 20 (2.0) 49.3±13.3 0.768 18 (90.0) 0.075
itraconazole 11 (2.3) 51.3±24.8 7 (63.6)
Musculoskeletal system fluconazole 23 (2.3) 59.8±15.4 0.013 18 (78.3) 1.000
itraconazole 7 (1.5) 42.3±15.2 5 (71.4)
Mouth fluconazole 13 (1.3) 50.9±21.5 - 8 (61.5) -
itraconazole 4 (0.8) 40.3±13.8 2 (50.0)
Renal system fluconazole 11 (1.1) 52.6±18.8 - 7 (63.6) -
itraconazole 0 NA 0
Respiratory system fluconazole 10 (1.0) 50.0±10.7 - 3 (42.9) -
itraconazole 8 (1.7) 59.2±10.6 3 (40.0)
Hepatobiliary system fluconazole 7 (0.7) 58.1±9.7 - 5 (71.4) -
itraconazole 7 (1.5) 55.6±13.3 3 (42.9)
Blood pressure fluconazole 7 (0.7) 61.4±16.9 - 3 (42.9) -
itraconazole 2 (0.4) 53.5±16.3 2 (100)
Metabolism fluconazole 5 (0.5) 48.2±19.1 - 2 (40.0) -
itraconazole 7 (1.5) 48.7±17.2 2 (16.7)
Auditory system fluconazole 5 (0.5) 46.2±15.3 - 4 (80.0) -
itraconazole 2 (0.4) 51.5±5.0 2 (100)
Eye fluconazole 1 (0.1) 36.0±0.0 - 1 (100) -
itraconazole 4 (0.8) 54.3±14.7 2 (50.0)
Blood/lymphatic system fluconazole 1 (0.1) 56.0±0.0 - 1 (100) -
itraconazole 1 (0.2) 39.0±0.0 1 (100)

AEs, adverse events

The percentage of AEs was calculated by taking 1011 for fluconazole and 480 for itraconazole as 100.

The percentage of female was calculated by assuming the number of adverse events associated with each drug as 100.

Korean J Clin Pharm 2022;32:204-14 https://doi.org/10.24304/kjcp.2022.32.3.204
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