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Table 1 Baseline patient demographics and clinical characteristics (N = 2093)

From: TuberOus SClerosis registry to increase disease Awareness (TOSCA) – baseline data on 2093 patients

Characteristics

Baseline data

Age at diagnosis of TSC,a years, median (range)

1.0 (0–69)

Gender, n (%)

 Male

1009 (48.2)

 Female

1084 (51.8)

Patients with molecular testing, n (%)

902 (43.1)

Genetic testingb, n (%c)

885 (98.1)

 No mutation identified

125 (13.9)

TSC1 mutation

178 (19.7)

TSC2 mutation

571 (63.3)

Variation type, n (%)d

 Pathogenic mutation

633 (93.8)

 Variant of unknown significance

61 (9.0)

Time from TSC clinical diagnosis to molecular testing, months

 Mean (SD)

79.6 (116.78)

 Median (range)

22 (0–721)

Patients with prenatal diagnosis, n (%)

124 (5.9)

Biological mother/father evaluated for TSC, n

 Mother

865

 Father

753

TSC inherited from one parent, n

 Total

290

 Mother

168 (95 clinically)

 Father

122 (56 clinically)

Patients with affected relatives, n (%)

 Total

478 (22.8)

 1

259 (12.4)

 2

116 (5.5)

 3

54 (2.6)

  > 3

52 (2.5)

Patients with at least one blood relative participating in TOSCA, n (%)

207 (9.9)

  1. SD standard deviation, TSC tuberous sclerosis complex, TOSCA TuberOus SClerosis registry to increase disease Awareness
  2. aData available for 2054 patients; bInformation on the type of mutation was missing for 6 patients; 5 patients had both TSC1 and TSC2 mutations; cPercentages calculated considering the number of patients with molecular testing as the denominator value. dThe count (n) includes 19 patients who had both variation types