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Table 1 Patients characteristics and inclusion criteria

From: A pilot screening of high-risk Gaucher disease children using dried blood spot methods in Shandong province of China

 

Gaucher patients (n = 4)

Non-Gaucher patients (n = 69)

Total (n = 73)

Sex

F

1

25

26(35.6%)

M

3

44

47(64.4%)

Age, median(range)

1.5y(1y~12y)

3y(18d~14y)

3y(18d~14y)

Inclusion criteria

Splenomegaly

4

50

54(74.0%)

Splenomegaly alone

1

23

24(32.9%)

Thrombocytopenia

3

46

49(67.1%)

Thrombocytopenia alone

0

19

19(26.0%)

Anaemia

3

51

56(76.7%)

Bone pain

1

0

1(1.4%)

Splenectomy

0

1

1(1.4%)

Development delay

1

6

7(9.6%)

CNS involvement

0

2

2(2.7%)

Diagnosis of splenomegaly

Palpation

3

42

45(61.6%)

Abdominal US

1

6

7(11.5%)

Abdominal CT

0

2

2(2.7%)

  1. US: ultrasound; CT:computed tomography