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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of treatment-related adverse events (AEs)

From: The real-world safety profile of pemetrexed and platinum with or without pembrolizumab: insights from a comparative analysis of FAERS database

Characteristics

Chemotherapy alone

(n, %)

Combination therapy

(n, %)

Gender

  

 Female

1088 (37.9)

2024 (37.2)

 Male

1441 (50.2)

3206 (58.9)

 Missing

342 (11.9)

213 (3.9)

Weight

  

 <50 kg

84 (2.9)

201 (3.7)

 50~100 kg

759 (26.4)

1797 (33.0)

 >100 kg

38 (1.3)

33 (0.6)

 Missing

1990 (69.3)

3412 (62.7)

Age

  

 <18 years

3 (0.1)

43 (0.8)

 18-64.9 years

1200 (41.8)

2103 (38.6)

 65–85 years

1122 (39.1)

2404 (44.2)

 >85 years

11 (0.4)

9 (0.2)

 Missing

535 (18.6)

884 (16.2)

Type of reporter

  

 Consumer

481 (16.8)

1203 (22.1)

 Health-professional

596 (20.8)

916 (16.8)

 Physician

1076 (37.5)

2600 (47.8)

 Other health-professional

453 (15.8)

155 (2.8)

 Pharmacist

253 (8.8)

568 (10.4)

 Missing

12 (0.4)

1 (0.0)

Reported countries

  

 France

708 (24.7)

1199 (22.0)

 United States

405 (14.1)

701 (12.9)

 Italy

321 (11.2)

321 (5.9)

 China

255 (8.9)

77 (1.4)

 Japan

227 (7.9)

972 (17.9)

 Germany

102 (3.5)

612 (11.2)

 Canada

85 (3.0)

144 (2.7)

 Other countries

768 (26.7)

1417 (26.0)

Reported year

  

 2017

254 (8.9)

37 (0.7)

 2018

523 (18.2)

173 (3.2)

 2019

440 (15.3)

579 (10.6)

 2020

345 (12.0)

722 (13.3)

 2021

213 (7.4)

856 (15.7)

 2022

326 (11.4)

842 (15.5)

 2023

374 (13.0)

1073 (19.7)

 2024

396 (13.8)

1161 (21.3)