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Table 1 Demographics of the diagnosed GD and control cohorts

From: Development of a rare disease algorithm to identify persons at risk of Gaucher disease using electronic health records in the United States

 

Diagnosed with GD N = 756

Controls N = 1,328,000

p value#

Age at index (years)

  

 < 0.001

 Mean (SD)

44 (22)

40 (24)

 

 Min

0

0

 

 Median (Q1–Q3)

45 (27–61)

39 (21–58)

 

 Max

87

89

 

Age in class

  

 < 0.001

 0–9

58 (7.7%)

175,841 (13.2%)

 

 10–19

57 (7.5%)

133,630 (10.1%)

 

 20–29

93 (12.3%)

181,418 (13.7%)

 

 30–39

107 (14.2%)

174,281 (13.1%)

 

 40–49

114 (15.1%)

167,545 (12.6%)

 

 50–59

121 (16.0%)

188,475 (14.2%)

 

 60–69

110 (14.6%)

148,014 (11.1%)

 

 70–79

72 (9.5%)

102,493 (7.7%)

 

 80–89

24 (3.2%)

56,303 (4.2%)

 

Race

  

 < 0.001

 African American

29 (3.8%)

128,439 (9.7%)

 

 Asian

2 (0.3%)

28,957 (2.2%)

 

 Caucasian

624 (82.5%)

830,948 (62.6%)

 

 Other/unknown

101 (13.4%)

339,656 (25.6%)

 

Ethnicity

  

 < 0.001

 Hispanic

37 (4.9%)

84,613 (6.4%)

 

 Not Hispanic

621 (82.1%)

877,906 (66.1%)

 

 Unknown

98 (13.0%)

365,481 (27.5%)

 

Region

  

 < 0.001

 Midwest

193 (25.5%)

565,677 (42.6%)

 

 Northeast

345 (45.6%)

189,864 (14.3%)

 

 South

133 (17.6%)

352,187 (26.5%)

 

 West

61 (8.1%)

137,904 (10.4%)

 

 Other/unknown

24 (3.2%)

82,368 (6.2%)

 

Death

   

 0

716 (94.7%)

1,258,157 (94.7%)

 

 1

40 (5.3%)

69,843 (5.3%)

 

Coverage (years)

  

 < 0.001

 Mean (SD)

7 (3)

5 (4)

 

 Min

0.17

0

 

 Median (Q1–Q3)

7 (4–10)

4 (0–8)

 

 Max

12.75

12.82

 

Look-back period (years)

  

 < 0.001

 Mean (SD)

3 (3)

2 (2)

 

 Min

0

0

 

 Median (Q1–Q3)

2 (1–5)

1 (0–2)

 

 Max

12.36

7.19

 

Look-back period

   

 At least 6 months

573 (75.8%)

727,800 (54.8%)

 

 At least 12 months

513 (67.9%)

638,042 (48.0%)

 

 At least 18 months

452 (59.8%)

638,042 (48.0%)

 

 At least 24 months

404 (53.4%)

481,827 (36.3%)

 

 At least 36 months

325 (43.0%)

249,674 (18.8%)

 

Number of distinct symptoms

  

 < 0.001

 Mean (SD)

5 (4)

2 (2)

 

 Min

0

0

 

 Median (Q1–Q3)

4 (2–7)

1 (0–2)

 

 Max

19

25

 

GD treatment

 Untreated

0%

  

 Treated

0%

  

Rare disease history

  

 < 0.001

 0

756 (100.0%)

1,327,978 (100.0%)

 

 1

0 (0%)

22 (0%)

 
  1. #Chi-square and T test for categorical and continuous variables, respectively.