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Fig. 3 | Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

Fig. 3

From: Participation in patient support forums may put rare disease patient data at risk of re-identification

Fig. 3

Scatter Plot of Patient Group Size and Age/Sex/ZIP Group Size. The x axis is the Log base 10 value of the number of people in the US that share each patient’s age, sex, and 3-digit ZIP as was collected. The y axis is the Log base 10 of their group size after incorporating the role of disease condition. Rare disease patients are shown in red and the control group of non-rare disease (multiple sclerosis) patients are in black. The horizontal line is at the value 0.301 which equals the Log base 10 of 5. The linear regression line with R-squared equal to 0.7695 for the rare disease patients is also shown

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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

ISSN: 1750-1172