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Table 2 Clinical features of our Chinese cohort compared with Spanish, or German or Indian study

From: Molecular and phenotypic characteristics of Bardet-Biedl syndrome in Chinese patients

Features

Chinese

Cohort(N = 20)

Spanish [19]

Cohort(N = 52)

German [20]

Cohort(N = 61)

Indian [21]

Cohort(N = 64)

Age (mean ± SD, y)

16.0 ± 9.08

39.6 ± 17.86a***

NA

13.4 ± 6.42

Age at diagnostic exam(mean ± SD, y)

8.00 ± 7.22

NA

24.49 ± 12.30a***

NA

Gender (M/F)

11/9

28/24b

35/26b

44/20b

RP, n/N (%)

19/20 (95)

51/52 (98)c

61/61 (100)c

62/64(97)c

OB, n/N (%)

17/20 (85)

44/50 (88)c

48/61 (79)c

57/64(89)c

PD, n/N (%)

19/20 (95)

41/52 (79)c

53/61 (87)c

55/64(86)c

CI, n/N (%)

10/20 (50)

29/49 (59)b

17/61 (28)b

42/64(66)b

Gonad, n/N (%)

15/20 (75)

17/35 (49)b

6/22(27.3)b**

42/64(66)b

RA, n/N (%)

4/18 (22)

12/36 (33)b

18/61 (30)b

10/64(16)c

Development delay

15/20(75)

14/22(64)b

21/61(34)b**

31/64(48)b*

Diabetes

3/18(16.7)

2/64(3)c

5/61(8)c

18/64(28)c

Hearing disturbances

0/19(0)

9/52(17)c*

2/61(3)c

14/64(22)c*

neurology

3/20(15)

14/22(63.6)b***

18/61(29.5)b

29/64(45.3)b*

  1. F female, M male, NA data not available, RD retinal dystrophy, OB obesity, PD polydactyly, CI cognitive impairment, RA renal abnormalities; bold indicates that there are significant differences between the two groups (p < .05)
  2. ap-value by the Mann–Whitney test
  3. bp-value by the Pearson Chi-square test
  4. cp-value by the Fisher exact test, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001