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Table. 2.

Table. 2.

Characteristics of adverse event reports describing concomitant drug(s) categorized into moderate, major, and contraindicated according to drug-drug interaction severity of Micromedex

Fluconazole Itraconazole


Moderate only, N=59 Major w/o CI, N=280 CI, N=21 Moderate only, N=44 Major w/o CI, N=59 CI, N=2
Age group
< 65 44 (74.6) 236 (84.3) 13 (61.9) 32 (72.7) 45 (76.3) 2 (100)
≥65 15 (25.4) 44 (15.7) 8 (38.1) 12 (27.3) 14 (23.7) 0 (0)
Sex
Male 25 (42.4) 40 (14.3) 6 (28.6) 20 (45.5) 26 (44.1) 1 (100)
Female 34 (57.6) 240 (85.7) 15 (71.4) 24 (54.5) 33 (55.9) 0 (0)
Medications administered a day
2-4 19 (32.2) 108 (38.6) 3 (14.3) 20 (45.5) 28 (47.5) 0 (0)
5-9 35 (59.3) 91 (32.5) 14 (66.7) 20 (45.5) 22 (38.3) 2 (100)
≥ 10 5 (8.5) 81 (28.9) 4 (19.0) 4 (9.1) 9 (15.3) 0 (0)
Region reporting AE
Capital 17 (28.8) 39 (13.9) 2 (9.5) 20 (45.5) 33 (55.9) 1 (50)
Metropolitan 21 (35.6) 63 (22.5) 8 (38.1) 12 (27.3) 11 (18.6) 1 (50)
Othersa 21 (35.6) 178 (63.6) 11 (52.4) 12 (27.3) 15 (25.4) 0 (0)

AE, adverse event; CI, contraindicated; w/o, without; Capital, Seoul; Metropolitan includes Busan, Daegu, Incheon, Gwangju, Daejeon, and Ulsan.

aOthers include Gangwon-do, Gyeonggi-do, Chuncheong-do, Gyeongsan-do, Jeolla-do, Jeju-do

The percentages calculated by assuming the number of cases in each severity category as 100.

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