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. 2019 Feb;25(2):10.18553/jmcp.2018.18205. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2018.18205
Subscriber Characteristics Hunter Pompe Gaucher SMA PKU CF MD
Fully insured cohort
  Observations, n (%) 294 (3.2) 473 (5.2) 552 (6.1) 630 (6.9) 1,629 (17.9) 3,911 (42.9) 1,850 (20.3)
  Observation months, n 10,504 16,772 23,196 22,899 60,355 128,011 70,907
  Average age of subscriber, years 39.7 39.0 40.5 40.0 36.4 39.7 41.9
  Male, n (%) 219 (74.4) 306 (64.7) 338 (61.2) 439 (69.7) 1,109 (68.1) 2,573 (65.8) 1,239 (67.0)
  Include spouse on coverage, n (%) 239 (81.3) 362 (76.5) 427 (77.4) 521 (82.7) 1,274 (78.2) 3,000 (76.7) 1,461.5 (79.0)
  Average number of dependents aged ≤ 16 years 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.2
    0 (%) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
    1 (%) 27.6 27.1 29.9 33.0 30.2 30.2 28.9
    2 (%) 41.8 43.6 42.0 37.8 36.7 42.8 40.3
    3+ (%) 30.6 29.4 28.1 29.2 33.1 27.0 30.7
Self-insured cohort
  Observations, n (%) 219 (3.2) 403 (5.8) 440 (6.4) 502 (7.3) 1,146 (16.6) 2,901 (42.0) 1,526 (22.1)
  Observation months, n 13,786 25,384 29,699 30,355 64,733 165,771 98,825
  Average age of subscriber, years 41.0 41.1 41.2 40.8 37.2 40.6 42.7
  Male, n (%) 164 (74.9) 263 (65.2) 298 (67.8) 327 (65.1) 733 (64.0) 1,923 (66.3) 1,036 (67.9)
  Include spouse on coverage, n (%) 189 (86.3) 321 (79.7) 383 (87.0) 416 (82.9) 932 (81.3) 2,393 (82.5) 1,256 (82.3)
  Average number of dependents aged ≤ 16 years 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3
    0 (%) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
    1 (%) 26.0 27.5 24.8 26.1 26.7 27.0 26.7
    2 (%) 46.6 40.4 44.8 42.2 41.2 42.6 41.3
    3+ (%) 27.4 32.0 30.5 31.7 32.1 30.3 32.0

CF = cystic fibrosis; MD = muscular dystrophy; PKU = phenylketonuria; SMA = spinal muscular atrophy.