Clouds over IMD? Perspectives for inherited metabolic diseases in adults from a retrospective cohort study in two Swiss adult metabolic clinics

Table 1 Results by diagnosis subgroups

		Complex molecules disorders	Small molecules disorders	Energy defects disorders	Total	Percentage (%)
Number of patients		15 (12%)	82 (65%)	29 (23%)	126
Gender	Male	10	35	19	64	51
Gender	Female	5	47	10	62	49
Age at diagnosis	Infantile	0	38	2	40	32
	1 to 15 years	9	23	8	40	32
	Over 16 years	6	21	19	46	37
Transition from pediatric metabolic clinic		11	70	19	100	79
New patients		4	12	10	26	21
Specific treatment		9	67	23	99	79
Identified pathogenic variant		10	29	24	63	50
Complications related to the disease		8	39	17	64	51
Hospitalized at least once		5	26	14	45	36
Hospitalized due to a metabolic origin		6	15	12	33	73
Lost to follow-up		1	11	3	15	12
Deceased		1	1	0	2	2

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