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Table 1 Patient information of all referrals, of the accepted referrals and of the patients that have been diagnosed by UD-PrOZA

From: Shortcutting the diagnostic odyssey: the multidisciplinary Program for Undiagnosed Rare Diseases in adults (UD-PrOZA)

 

All referrals (n = 692)

Accepted referrals (n = 329)

Diagnosed patients (n = 60)

Mean age (years ± SD)

42 ± 16

40.5 ± 16

39 ± 14

Sex (%)

 Male

277 (41)

144 (44)

30 (50)

 Female

400 (59)

183 (56)

30 (50)

Referred by (%)

 General practitioner

292 (46)

67 (21)

7 (12)

 Specialist

348 (54)

249 (79)

51 (88)

Complaint (%)

 Objectifiable

386 (60)

285 (87)

60 (100)

 Not objectifiable

259 (40)

44 (13)

0 (0)

Primary symptoms (%)

 Neurologic

270 (42)

177 (54)

35 (58)

 Immunologic/infectious

133 (21)

63 (19)

8 (14)

 Musculoskeletal

107 (17)

20 (6)

2 (3)

 Rheumatologic

25 (4)

15 (5)

0 (0)

 Cardiac/vascular

19 (3)

13 (4)

2 (3)

 Gastrointestinal

18 (3)

5 (2)

1 (2)

 Other

74 (11)

36 (11)

12 (20)