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Table 1 Participant demographics and disease characteristics (all enrolled participants)

From: Clinical disease progression and biomarkers in Niemann–Pick disease type C: a prospective cohort study

Demographic data

 

All individuals (N = 36)

Age, years

Mean (SD)

9.9 (4.6)

 

Median

9.5

 

Range

2.0–18.0

Sex, n (%)

Male

15 (41.7%)

 

Female

21 (58.3%)

Ethnicity, n (%)

Caucasian

33 (91.7%)

 

Asian

1 (2.8%)

 

Other

2 (5.6%)

Height, cm

Mean (SD)

134.1 (24.9)

 

Median

136.0

 

Range

82.0–176.0

Height-for-age Z score

Mean (SD)

− 0.14 (1.36)

 

Median

0.06

 

Range

(− 3.38–2.67)

Weight, kg

Mean (SD)

34.63 (15.57)

 

Median

32.35

 

Range

10.00–71.70

Body mass index, kg/m2

Mean (SD)

18.0 (2.6)

 

Median

18.0

 

Range

14.1–23.1

Age at first NPC symptom, years

Mean (SD)

3.8 (3.4)

 

Median

3.0

 

Range

0.0–14.0

Phenotype characterization, n (%)

Early–infantile onset (< 2 years old)

6 (16.7%)

 

Late–infantile onset (2– < 6 years old)

19 (52.8%)

 

Juvenile onset (6– < 15 years old)

11 (30.6%)

Time since first NPC symptom, years

Mean (SD)

6.7 (3.7)

 

Median

6.4

 

Range

1.7–15.8

Time since NPC diagnosis, years

Mean (SD)

5.3 (4.0)

 

Median

3.5

 

Range

0.2–15.8

Currently treated with miglustat, n (%)

Yes

30 (83.3%)

 

No

6 (16.7%)

Historic NPC-cdb score

Mean (SD)

40 (21)

 

Median

38

 

Range

4–91

  1. NPC: Niemann–Pick disease type C; NPC-cdb: NPC clinical database; SD: standard deviation