Table 1.
Characteristics of the NF1 cohort (N = 103) and NF1-free comparison cohort (N = 38)
| Characteristic | NF1 N = 103 N (%) |
NF1-free N = 38 N (%) |
P-value3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD) | 43.28 (15.9) | 45.3 (17.3) | 0.516 | |
| Gender | Male | 52 (50.5) | 17 (44.7) | 0.57 |
| Female | 51 (49.5) | 21 (55.3) | ||
| Severity | Mild | 34 (33.0) | -- | |
| Moderate | 26 (25.2) | -- | ||
| Severe | 43 (41.7) | -- | ||
| Visibility | Mild | 14 (13.6) | -- | |
| Moderate | 21 (20.4) | -- | ||
| Severe | 68 (66.0) | -- | ||
| Highest attained education 1 | Short or medium2 | 56 (54.3) | 15 (39.5) | 0.03 |
| Long | 35 (34.0) | 23 (60.5) | ||
| Missing | 12 (11.7) | -- | ||
| Employment status | Employed | 14 (13.6) | 27 (71.1) | < 0.0001 |
| Unemployed | 44 (42.7) | 4 (10.5) | ||
| Social transfer | 41 (39.8) | 7 (18.4) | ||
| Missing | 4 (3.9) | -- | ||
| Living status | Living alone | 46 (44.7) | 6 (15.8) | < 0.0001 |
| Living with spouse | 43 (41.7) | 28 (73.7) | ||
| Living with parent | 9 (8.7) | -- | ||
| Living in shared home | -- | 4 (10.5) | ||
| Missing | 5 (4.9) | -- | ||
| Cohabitation status | Having partner | 49 (47.6) | 31 (81.6) | 0.0003 |
| Having no partner or missing2 | 54 (52.4) | 7 (18.4) |
NF1: Neurofibromatosis type 1; SD: Standard deviation
1Education levels were grouped based on the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED-2011) codes
2 Categories were collapsed due to N < 4
3 P-values excluding missing categories except for in cohabitation status