Table 2 Distribution of medical specialties for the “binary” and “OEV” data meta-analyses in the CDSR

Medical Specialty

ACM^b

Number (%) of MAs

Events per MA:

Median (IQR)

Cancer

95 (13%)

49 (17, 120)

Cardiovascular

168 (23%)

14 (4, 43)

Central nervous system/musculoskeletal

44 (6%)

12 (5, 33)

Digestive/endocrine, nutritional and metabolic

71 (10%)

7 (3, 18)

Gynaecology, pregnancy and birth

87 (12%)

7 (2, 20)

Infectious diseases

46 (6%)

18 (8, 47)

Mental health and behavioural conditions

21 (3%)

2 (1, 5)

Pathological conditions, symptoms and signs

5 (1%)

9 (2, 15)

Respiratory diseases

87 (12%)

11 (5, 36)

Urogenital

30 (4%)

4 (2, 12)

Other^a

61 (9%)

9 (3, 27)

Medical Specialty

OS^c:

Number (%) of MAs

Events per MA: Median (IQR)

PDFS^d: Number (%) of MAs

Events per MA: Median (IQR)

Cancer

60 (87%)

104 (45, 221)

31 (100%)

116 (56, 243)

Digestive/endocrine, nutritional and metabolic

1 (1%)

52 (35, 64)

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Infectious diseases

8 (12%)

482 (160, 1109)

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