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Table 1 Participant background characteristics

From: Pregnancy in GNE myopathy patients: a nationwide repository survey in Japan

Age

  

Average [SD]

Median [Min-Max]

Age at survey (yrs)

Participants (n = 44)

51.0 [11.1]

49.5 [32-76]

Onset age (yrs)a

33.0 [9.8]

30 [16-62]

Maternal age (yrs)

Post-onset pregnancies (n = 28)

32.5 [4.4]

31.5 [23-40]

Pre- and post-onset pregnancies (n = 81)

29.1 [5.0]

29.0 [19-40]

Genetic diagnosis

  

Frequency

% [95% CI]

Homozygotesa

Participants (n = 44)

8.9 [2.5-21.2]

Compound heterozygotesa

91.1 [78.8-97.5]

c.620A>T (p.D207V) a

Alleles (n = 88)

35.2 [25.3-46.1]

c.1807G>C (p.V603L) a

30.7 [21.3-41.4]

Parity

  

n

 

n

0

Post-onset pregnancies (n = 28)

13

Pre- and post-onset pregnancies (n=81)

48

1

11

29

2 or more

4

4

Walking ability at pregnancy

  

Frequency

% [95%CI ]

No assistance

Post-onset pregnancies (n = 27b)

85.1 [66.2-95.8]

Using assistive devices

14.8 [4.2-33.7]

Unable to walk

0.0 [0.0-12.8]

  1. aData from the Remudy database. Other data are from the questionnaire
  2. bAnalyzed 27/28 post-onset pregnancies due to missing data (no response)