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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of clinical predictors in testing set (n = 35)

From: Pilot study on developing a decision support tool for guiding re-administration of chemotherapeutic agent after a serious adverse drug reaction

Numerical attributes

Negative rechallenge (Mean +/- SD)

Positive rechallenge (Mean +/- SD)

Age

47.7 +/- 14.9

55.4 +/- 14.2

Albumin level

35.7 +/- 4.6

30.9 +/- 5.6

RBC level

4.06 +/- 0.58

3.69 +/- 0.81

Platelet level

331.41 +/- 153.62

324.39 +/- 150.86

Categorical and binominal attributes

Negative rechallenge (proportion)

Positive rechallenge (proportion)

Chemotherapeutic drug

  

Oxaliplatin

0.294

0.278

Carboplatin

0.059

0.278

Bleomycin

0.059

0.000

Rituximab

0.235

0.000

Paclitaxel

0.118

0.167

Docetaxel

0.059

0.111

Trastuzumab

0.118

0.056

Cetuximab

0.000

0.056

Gemcitabine

0.059

0.056

Laboratory parameters

  

Abnormal WBC level*

0.118

0.444

Abnormal ALT level*

0.118

0.278

Abnormal AP level*

0.176

0.556

  1. *Presence of abnormal level is allocated value of 1 while absence of abnormal level is allocated value of 0.