Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants with ınborn errors of metabolism

Patients age (years)

7.25 ± 4.82

6.92(0.3–18)

N

%

Gender

Girls

107

46.1

Boys

125

53.9

Parental education levels

Unıversity

34

14.7

High school

88

37.9

Secondary school

58

25

Primary school

50

21.6

İlliterate

2

0.9

Family type

Nuclear family

196

84.5

Extended family

36

15.5

Parental consanguinity

139

59.9

Patients' relatives had the same IEM

45

19.4

Types of IEM

Amino acid metabolism disorders

89

38.4

Biotinidase deficiency

34

14.7

Lysosomal storage disorders

29

12.5

Carbohydrate metabolism disorders

27

11.6

Organic acidemia

23

9.9

Urea cycle defects

11

4.7

Rare types of inherited metabolic disorders

19

8.2

Type of Insurence

Social Security Institution

180

77.6

Green card

38

16.4

Uninsured

14

5.2

Metabolic unıt state

Center of Ankara

72

31

Rural part of Ankara

76

32.8

Outside of Ankara

84

36.2