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Table 1 Clinical and genetic features of LD patients according to causative gene

From: Prognostic value of pathogenic variants in Lafora Disease: systematic review and meta-analysis of patient-level data

Characteristics

EPM2A

NHLRC1

N

109/250 (43.6%)

141/250 (56.4%)

Sex, male

37/87 (42.5%)

44/102 (43.1%)

Sex, female

50/87 (57.5%)

58/102 (56.9%)

Geographic origin

 European

48/109 (44.0%)

93/141 (66.0%)

 Asian

33/109 (30.3%)

36/141 (25.5%)

 American

25/109 (22.9%)

9/141 (6.4%)

 African

3/109 (2.8%)

3/141 (2.1%)

Family history

 Number of families/cases

87/109

121/141

 Consanguinity

44/109 (40.4%)

45/141 (31.9%)

Age at disease onset

 Mean

12.7 ± 3.8 [4–28] in 109

14.1 ± 3.7 [5–30] in 141

Compound heterozygosity

30/109 (27.5%)

39/141 (27.7%)

Genotypes

 MS/MS

35/109 (32.1%)

75/141 (53.2%)

  Compound Het

3/35 (8.6%)

14/75 (18.7%)

 MS/PT

16/109 (14.7%)

16/141 (11.3%)

  Compound Het

16/16 (100%)

16/16 (100%)

 PT/PT

58/109 (53.2%)

50/141 (35.5%)

  Compound Het

11/58 (19.0%)

9/50 (18.0%)

Loss of autonomy at last follow up

35/52 (67.3%)

48/64 (75.0%)

 Mean age at onset

18.2 ± 4.7 [11–40] in 35

20.5 ± 6.8 [12–42] in 48

 Mean time from disease onset

6.6 ± 4.4 [0.5–23] in 35

6.9 ± 5.6 [0.2–21] in 48

Deceased at last follow up

27/109 (24.8%)

42/141 (29.8%)

 Mean age at death

22.4 ± 8.9 [14–59] in 27

21.1 ± 3.0 [16–35] in 42

 Mean disease duration

9.4 ± 7.5 [3–40] in 27

7.5 ± 3.1 [223] in 42

  1. n/N (%) or Mean (SD) [range], yr
  2. n/N number of cases in which a certain characteristic is present out of the total number of cases which it was described, SD standard deviation