Increased prevalence of peripheral vestibular disorder among patients with Fabry disease

Table 1 Demographic characteristics and medical co-morbidities of sampled patients classified by Fabry disease status in Taiwan (n = 11,668)

Variable	Patients with Fabry disease (n = 2917)		Comparison Patients (n = 8751)		p value
Variable	Total no.	%	Total no.	%	p value
Age, mean (SD)	59.8 (14.8)		59.8 (14.7)		0.971
Males*	1305	44.7	3915	44.7	> 0.999
Monthly Income					0.628
<NT$1 ~ 15,841	628	21.5	1822	20.8
NT$15,841 ~ 25,000	1061	36.4	3255	37.2
≥NT$25,001	1228	42.1	3674	42.0
Geographic region					0.561
Northern	1434	49.2	4302	49.2
Central	411	14.1	1249	14.3
Southern	990	33.9	2995	34.2
Eastern	82	2.8	205	2.3
Urbanization level					0.971
1 (most urbanized)	752	25.8	2267	25.9
2	955	32.7	2915	33.3
3	539	18.5	1583	18.1
4	310	10.6	911	10.4
5 (least urbanized)	361	12.4	1075	12.3
Diabetes	1240	42.5	3720	42.5	> 0.999
Hypertension	1772	60.8	5316	60.8	> 0.999
Coronary heart disease	809	27.7	2427	27.6	> 0.999
Hyperlipidemia	2194	75.2	6582	75.2	> 0.999

*No females were identified with Fabry disease in the database, consistent with its origin in an X−linked chromosomal disorder

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