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Table 2 Incidence of each inherited metabolic disease among Jews versus Bedouin-Muslim population, in southern of Israel, between the years 1990 and 2017

From: Incidence of inherited metabolic disorders in southern Israel: a comparison between consanguinity and non-consanguinity communities

Disease category

Overall incidence/100,000 live births

Incidence among Bedouin-Muslim/100,000 live births

Incidence among Jews/100,000 live births

P value

Aminoacidopathy

    

Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD)

4.8

10.2

0

< 0.001

Non-ketotic hyperglycinemia

3.8

8

0

< 0.001

Peroxisomal diseases

    

X-linked Adrenoleukodystrophy

0.8

0

1.6

0.1

Zellweger disease

4.6

8.2

0.5

< 0.001

Sphingolipidosis

    

Niemann Pick C type 1

4.8

9.1

1

< 0.001

Organic aciduria

    

Glutaric aciduria type 1

2

4.3

0

0.003

Fatty acid oxidation diseases

    

Multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency

0.5

1

0

0.1

Medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency

1

0.5

1.5

0.4

Very long chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency

2.3

4.3

0.5

0.01

Carnitine palmitoyl-transferase 1A

0.3

0.5

0

0.3

Carnitine palmitoyl- transferase 2

0.5

0

1

0.2

Long chain 3-hydroxyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency

0.5

0.3

0

0.3

Mucopolysaccharidosis

    

Mucopolysaccharidosis type 1

1

1.1

1

0.9

Mucopolysaccharidosis type 3

2

3.7

0.5

0.02

Mucopolysaccharidosis type 3

2.8

5.9

0

< 0.001

Unclassified mucopolysaccharidosis

0.8

1.1

0.5

0.6

Glycogen storage diseases

    

Glycogen storage disease type 0

0.3

0

0.5

0.3

Glycogen storage disease type 1A

1.5

0

2.9

0.02

Glycogen Storage disease type 1B

4.1

8

0.5

< 0.001

Glycogen storage disease type IIIA

1.8

0

3.7

< 0.001

Glycogen storage disease type 6

2.3

4.8

0

< 0.001

Glycogen storage disease type 9

0.3

0.5

0

0.3

Glycogen storage disease type 11

0.3

0.5

0

0.3

Unclassified glycogen storage disease

0.8

1.1

0.5

0.6

Pompe disease (type 2 glycogen storage disease)

2.3

4.8

0

0.003

Mitochondrial diseases

    

Complex 1 deficiency

2.8

5.9

0

< 0.001

Complex 3 deficiency

3.3

7

0

< 0.001

Complex 5 deficiency

1.8

3.7

0

0.005

Pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency type 1A

0.3

0

0.5

0.3

Pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency type E3

0.5

1.1

0

0.2

Kearns Sayre syndrome

0.3

0

0.5

0.3

Mitochondrial neuro-gastrointestinal encephalopathy disease

0.3

0.5

0

0.3

Trans-membrane protein 70 (TMEM70) deficiency

0.5

1.1

0

0.2

Mitochondrial DNA depletion

0.5

1.1

0

0.2

Unspecified mitochondrial disease

0.3

0.5

0

0.3