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Table 2 Demographics of MLD individuals as reported by their respective caregiver respondent

From: Understanding caregiver descriptions of initial signs and symptoms to improve diagnosis of metachromatic leukodystrophy

Characteristics

Overall (n = 32*)

Late infantile (n = 20)

Juvenile (n = 11)

Sex

 Female, n (%)

21 (65.6)

12 (60.0)

9 (81.8)

 Male, n (%)

11 (34.4)

8 (40.0)

2 (18.2)

Current age (years)+

 Mean

9.2

5.2

15.6

 Median

7.4

4.5

14.3

 Range

2.3–30.3

2.3–11.1

8.0–30.3

Time elapsed since symptom onset (years)+

 Mean

5.7

3.8

8.2

 Median

4.8

3.0

7.5

 Range

1.0–16.3

1.0–9.6

2.0–16.3

  1. *One respondent is not accounted for in onset type breakout due to reportedly being a borderline late infantile/juvenile case
  2. +Excludes 4 individuals (12.5%) who were not alive at the time of interview