A dataset containing Wu et al. (2019) Nat Commun, Supplementary Data 1: Active ingredients and ATC code of medications in UK Biobank. This study was a series of "GWASs of self-reported medication use from 23 medication categories".

drug_gwas

Format

A data frame with 1752 obs. of 4 variables:

category

Category

ukb_code

Coding reported by UK Biobank

atc_code

Medication ATC code

name

Drug name

Details

The Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) code: a unique code assigned to a medicine according to the organ or system it works on and how it works. The classification system is maintained by the World Health Organization (WHO). In the ATC-Classification substances are divided into different groups according to the organ or organ system which they affect and their chemical, pharmacological and therapeutic properties. A defined daily dose is assigned to each active substance. Defined daily doses (DDD) are the assumed average daily maintenance dose for the main indication of each substance in adults.

EU Commission Centralised medicinal products for human use by ATC code https://ec.europa.eu/health/documents/community-register/html/reg_hum_atc.htm