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Table 2 The measures of proportionality used for the identification of ADRs

From: iADRs: towards online adverse drug reaction analysis

Measure

Formula

Definition

PRR

a / a + b c / c + b

PRR − 1.96δ > 1

ROR

a / c b / d

ROR − 1.96δ > 1

MHRA

PRR, a, χ2

PRR ≥ 2, a ≥ 3, χ2 ≥ 4

  1. *δ: standard error, χ2: Yates’ chi-squared test statistic ([Yates 1934]).