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Table 4 GI symptoms in relation to age at onset in patients with TTR mutations

From: THAOS: Gastrointestinal manifestations of transthyretin amyloidosis - common complications of a rare disease

Symptom

<50 years

≥50 years

p value

n = 725

n = 381

Any GI symptom

509 (70.3%)

185 (49.6%)

<0.001

Early satiety

243 (33.7%)

48 (12.9%)

<0.001

Nausea

157 (21.7%)

32 (8.6%)

<0.001

Vomiting

130 (18.0%)

17 (4.6%)

<0.001

Constipation

154 (21.3%)

75 (20.2%)

0.685

Diarrhea/constipation

201 (27.8%)

66 (17.8%)

<0.001

Diarrhea

164 (22.7%)

53 (14.4%)

0.001

Fecal incontinence

51 (7.0%)

17 (4.6%)

0.112

Unintentional weight loss

270 (37.4%)

76 (20.6%)

<0.001

  1. Number of patients, n (%), reporting gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms at enrollment.