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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population

From: Lifetime impact of achondroplasia study in Europe (LIAISE): findings from a multinational observational study

Baseline characteristic

Study population (N = 186)

Historical data collected (years)*

 Total

2384.6

 Median (min, max)

9.4 (2.0, 55.0)

Country of enrolment, n (%)

 Denmark

10 (5.4)

 Germany

64 (34.4)

 Sweden

9 (4.8)

 Austria

3 (1.6)

 Italy

57 (30.6)

 Spain

43 (23.1)

Age at time of enrolment (years), n (%)

 Mean (SD)

21.7 (17.3)

 Median (Q1,Q3)

14.9 (8.9, 30.8)

 Min, Max

5.0, 84.4

Age subgroups at enrolment (years), n (%)

 5–10

66 (35.5%)

 11–15

36 (19.4%)

 16–20

17 (9.1%)

 21–30

22 (11.8%)

 31–40

14 (7.5%)

 41–50

15 (8.1%)

 51–60

8 (4.3%)

  > 60

8 (4.3%)

Gender, n (%)

 Male

85 (45.7%)

 Female

101 (54.3%)

Age at diagnosis of achondroplasia (months), n (%)

 N

137

 Median (Q1, Q3)

0.0 (0.0, 6.0)

 10th percentile

0.0

 90th percentile

35.0

Type of confirmation of diagnosis of achondroplasia, n (%)

 Confirmed first by a specialist through medical examination and/or radiological assessment followed by genetic testing

80 (43.0%)

 Confirmed by medical examination and/or radiological assessment with no genetic testing

69 (37.1%)

 Confirmed first by genetic testing followed by a specialist through medical examination and/or radiological assessment

28 (15.1%)

 Confirmed by genetic testing with no confirmation by a specialist through medical examination and radiological assessment

9 (4.8%)

FGFR3 variant**, n (%)

 N

99

 c.1138G > A p.Gly380Arg

78 (78.8%)

 c.1138G > C p.Gly380Arg

3 (3.0%)

 Other***

18 (18.2%)

  1. *Five patients had less than five years of recorded medical history data; however, the study investigator(s) overseeing these patients confirmed that five years of medical data had been reviewed and so confirmed their eligibility for inclusion
  2. **106 patients provided consent for the collection of genetic test information; 102 had the presence of a pathogenic variant in FGFR3 confirmed (data were missing for the remaining 4 patients). Of these, 99 had the specific type of mutation on the FGFR3 gene confirmed (data were missing for the remaining 3 patients)
  3. ***15 of these patients had either 1138G > A, 1138G > C or G380R documented, 1 patient had C1620G documented, and test reports were not available for 1 patient. All of these mutations had been coded as during data capture
  4. FGFR3 Fibroblast growth factor 3, max Maximum, min Minimum, Q1 First quartile, Q3 Third quartile, SD Standard deviation