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Table 2 Summary statistics for demographic characteristics and geographic regionsa

From: The Latin American experience with a next generation sequencing genetic panel for recessive limb-girdle muscular weakness and Pompe disease

Parameter

Statistics

Total N

2103

Male / Female, n (%)

1129 (53.7) / 974 (46.3)

Age (y), mean ± SD (min, max)

34.2 ± 19.7 (0.6. 96.6)

 <  18 years of age, n (%)

547 (26)

 ≥ 18 years of age, n (%)

1556 (74)

Country, n (%)

 Brazil

1078 (51.3)

 Mexico

690 (32.8)

 Argentina

247 (11.7)

 Chile

48 (2.3)

 Peru

32 (1.5)

 Ecuador

8 (0.4)

  1. a The patient sample was a convenience sample not a population-based sample. The number of patients from each country is not necessarily representative of the proportion of patients at risk
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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

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