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Table 1 Patient demographics (EHR data)

From: Clinical characteristics, healthcare use, and annual costs among patients with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa

 

DDEB (n = 17)

RDEB (n = 85)

DEB (type unknown) (n = 45)

EB unspecified (n = 265)

Age, years

    

 Mean (SD)

25.6 (23.5)

19.5 (14.8)

46.8 (25.9)

43.8 (25.4)

 Median (IQR)

18 (13‒18)

16 (8‒28)

50 (21‒65)

47 (20‒65)

Age group, n (%)

    

 0‒10 years

4 (23.5)

30 (35.3)

4 (8.9)

33 (12.5)

 11‒17 years

4 (23.5)

18 (21.2)

5 (11.1)

26 (9.8)

 ≥ 18 years

9 (52.9)

37 (43.5)

36 (80.0)

206 (77.7)

Female, n (%)

10 (58.8)

51 (60.0)

29 (64.4)

151 (57.0)

Region, n (%)

    

 Northeast

7 (41.2)

26 (30.6)

7 (15.6)

41 (15.5)

 Midwest

9 (52.9)

36 (42.4)

25 (55.6)

166 (62.6)

 South

1 (5.9)

17 (20.0)

9 (20.0)

38 (14.3)

 West

0 (0.0)

1 (1.2)

4 (8.9)

12 (4.5)

 Other

0 (0.0)

5 (5.9)

0 (0.0)

8 (3.0)

Insurance type, n (%)

    

 Commercial

8 (47.1)

24 (28.2)

17 (37.8)

123 (46.4)

 Medicare

1 (5.9)

6 (7.1)

9 (20.0)

49 (18.5)

 Medicaid

2 (11.8)

22 (25.9)

5 (11.1)

25 (9.4)

 Uninsured

0 (0.0)

2 (2.4)

1 (2.2)

6 (2.3)

 Other/unknown

6 (35.3)

17 (20.0)

3 (6.7)

18 (6.8)

 Combinations

0 (0.0)

14 (16.5)

10 (22.2)

44 (16.6)

  1. DDEB dominant dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, DEB dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, EB epidermolysis bullosa, EHR electronic health record, IQR interquartile range, RDEB recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, SD standard deviation