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. 2024 Sep 16;19:346. doi: 10.1186/s13023-024-03323-6

Table 4.

Types of tests reported in medical care files of 141 individuals with ID

Type of test Number of tests Confirmed diagnosis Age at testing
N % N % Mean ± SD
Karyotyping 66 26.6 15 29.4 19.1 ± 17.2
Microarray 51 20.6 7 13.7 28.5 ± 17.9
Fragile X testing 49 19.8 6 11.8 28.3 ± 18.3
FISH 13 5.2 5 9.8 25.0 ± 16.4
Exome sequencing 28 11.3 5 9.8 29.4 ± 14.6
MLPA 3 1.2 1 2.0 43.0 ± 2.6
Metabolic 8 3.2 0 0.0 27.3 ± 13.0
Unknown 30 12.1 12 23.5 29.0 ± 21.1
Total 248 100 51 100

FISH Fluorescent in-situ hybridization, ID Intellectual disability, MLPA Multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification