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Table 2 Baseline (pre-treatment) characteristics of 133 treated patients with GD1 by investigative site

From: Evaluation of disease burden and response to treatment in adults with type 1 gaucher disease using a validated disease severity scoring system (DS3)

 

Total

South Florida

Toronto

Atlanta

Los Angeles

Pittsburgh

Patients: N

133

61

25

15

24

8

Patients with splenectomy: n (%)

39 (29.3)

17 (27.9)

8 (32.0)

5 (33.3)

5 (20.8)

4 (50.0)

Women: n (%)

81 (61)

36 (59)

18 (72)

10 (66.7)

11 (45.8)

6 (75)

Ethnicity: n (%)

      

 Ashkenazi Jewish

68 (51.1)

45 (73.8)

4 (16.0)

3 (20.0)

15 (62.5)

1 (12.5)

 Part Ashkenazi

13 (9.8)

7 (11.5)

1 (4.0)

1 (6.7)

4 (16.7)

0

 Non-Jewish

44 (33.1)

9 (14.8)

19 (76.0)

8 (53.3)

2 (8.3)

6 (75.0)

 Unknown

8 (6.0)

0

1 (4.0)

3 (20.0)

3 (12.5)

1 (12.5)

Age at diagnosis (y)

      

 Mean (SD)

29.7 (18.8)

34.6 (21.2)

17.0 (19.2)

30.7 (14.1)

32.0 (18.4)

23.4 (19.1)

Age at first treatment (y)

      

 Mean (SD)

44.5 (18.8

52.2 (16.9)

33.5 (19.3)

37.3 (17.2)

43.1 (16.3)

38.5 (19.0)

Years on treatment

      

 Mean (SD)

13.3 (6.1)

13.3 (6.0)

12.0 (5.6)

14.3 (6.4)

12.8 (6.8)

17.0 (4.6)

Current age (y)

      

 Mean (SD)

57.8 (18.4)

65.5 (15.5)

45.5 (18.9)

51.6 (18.8)

55.9 (16.5)

55.5 (19.2)

Genotype: N (%)

      

 N370S/N370S

52 (39.1)

35 (57.4)

3 (12.0)

5 (33.3)

8 (33.3)

1 (12.5)

 N370S/L444P

24 (18.1)

8 (13.1)

7 (28.0)

5 (33.3)

2 (8.3)

2 (25.0)

 N370S/84GG

7 (5.3)

4 (6.6)

2 (8.0)

0

1 (4.2)

0

 N370S/IVS2+1

4 (3.0)

3 (4.9)

0

0

0

1 (12.5)

 N370S/other

31 (23.3)

9 (14.8)

10 (40.0)

4 (26.7)

7 (29.2)

1 (12.5)

 L444P/other

3 (2.2)

1 (1.6)

1 (4.0)

0

0

1 (12.5)

 L444P/L444P

1 (0.75)

0

1 (4.0)

0

0

0

 Other/other

5 (3.8)

1 (1.6)

1 (4.0)

1 (6.7)

0

2 (25.0)

 Unknown/missing

6 (4.5)

0

0

0

6 (25.0)

0

Baseline DS3 score*

      

 Mean (SD)

5.6 (2.6)

5.6 (2.5)

6.6 (2.9)

4.4 (2.3)

4.8 (2.4)

7.2 (2.0)

  1. *Two-tailed t-test: Toronto v Atlanta: P=0.016; Toronto v California: P=0.020; Pittsburgh v Atlanta: P=0.008; Pittsburgh v California: P=0.016