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Table 3 Reported lifetime risk at birth estimates in studies included > 1 subtype of Sanfilippo syndrome

From: Epidemiology of Sanfilippo syndrome: results of a systematic literature review

First author, year

Country

Study period

Reference population

Size of the reference population

Patients per 100,000 live births

 

Sum of all MPS III

Type A

Type B

Type C

Type D

Estimation method

Baehner, 2005 [17]

Germany

1980–1995

General population (live births in the study period)

13,410,924

1.57

1.11

0.37

0.10

0

Dx

Héron, 2011 [19]

France

1990–2006

General population (live births per year)

No data

0.82a

0.48

0.15

0.15

0.04

Dx

Hult, 2014 [20]

Sweden

1990–2009

General population (live births in the study period)

2,080,791

1.01

0.62

0.05

0.34

0

Dx

Lin, 2009 [23]

Taiwan

1984–2004

General population (live births in the study period)

6,377,299

0.39

0.08

0.28

0.03

0

Dx

Meikle, 1999 [29]

Australia

1980–1996

General population (live births in the study period)

No data

1.37b

0.78

0.43

0.07

0.09

Dx

Nelson, 1997 [25]

Great Britain

1958–1985

General population (live births in the study period in Northern Ireland)

839,517

0.36

0.24

0.12

0

0

Dx

Nelson, 2003 [26]

Australia

1969–1996

General population (live births in the study period in Western Australia)

641,179

1.71

0.62

0.78

0.16

0

Dx

Al-Jasmi, 2013 [30]

United Arab Emirates

1995–2010

General population

No data

0

1.05

0.25

DoB

Krabbi, 2012 [31]

Estonia

1985–2006

General population (live births in the study period)

370,298

1.62b

1.62

0

0

0

DoB

Pinto, 2004 [27]

Portugal

1982–2001

General population

No data

0.84

0

0.72

0.12

DoB

Poorthuis, 1999 [28]

The Netherlands

1970–1996

General population (live births in the study period)

Depends on the subtype of Sanfilippo: A: 6,972,344 (1960–1993); B: 11,131,609 (1940–1991); C: 7,119,276 (1949–1980); D: 2,994,743 (1970–1985)

1.89

1.16

0.42

0.21

0.10

DoB

  1. aOriginal paper reported 0.73, which is possibly a misprint, as sum of subtypes is 0.82
  2. bCalculated from the reported numbers of all subtypes
  3. DoB date-of-birth method, Dx diagnosis period method, MPS mucopolysaccharidosis