Table 4.
Use of specialty Services, NF1 and controls
| Specialty | NF 1 cases (N = 1210) |
Controls (N = 6050) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ophthalmology | |||
| Yes, n (%) | 1,078 (89.1%) | 1,270 (21.0%) | < 0.0001 |
| Mean number of visits (SD) | 8.59 (8.89) | 4.89 (8.03) | < 0.0001 |
| Pediatrics | |||
| Yes, n (%) | 1,009 (83.4%) | 3,373 (55.8%) | < 0.0001 |
| Mean number of visits (SD) | 31.02 (34.79) | 14.69 (21.71) | < 0.0001 |
| Neurology | |||
| Yes, n (%) | 727 (60.1%) | 615 (10.2%) | < 0.0001 |
| Mean number of visits (SD) | 6.79 (9.35) | 3.23 (4.45) | < 0.0001 |
| Dermatology | |||
| Yes, n (%) | 634 (52.4%) | 1,827 (30.1%) | < 0.0001 |
| Mean number of visits (SD) | 4.59 (5.48) | 4.73 (8.03) | 0.6888 |
| Genetics | |||
| Yes, n (%) | 567 (46.9%) | 51 (0.8%) | < 0.0001 |
| Mean number of visits (SD) | 1.66 (1.21) | 2.00 (1.46) | 0.0597 |
| Plastic surgery | |||
| Yes, n (%) | 488 (40.3%) | 961 (15.9%) | < 0.0001 |
| Mean number of visits (SD) | 6.74 (8.15) | 3.16 (3.50) | < 0.0001 |
| Neurosurgery | |||
| Yes, n (%) | 488 (40.3%) | 139 (2.3%) | < 0.0001 |
| Mean number of visits (SD) | 6.47 (6.67) | 2.61 (2.69) | < 0.0001 |
| General surgery | |||
| Yes, n (%) | 440 (36.4%) | 1,223 (20.2%) | < 0.0001 |
| Mean number of visits (SD) | 6.42 (10.19) | 4.06 (5.81) | < 0.0001 |
| Psychiatry | |||
| Yes, n (%) | 301 (24.9%) | 952 (15.7%) | < 0.0001 |
| Mean number of visits (SD) | 16.49 (42.70) | 16.06 (46.93) | 0.8879 |
| Oncology radiation | |||
| Yes, n (%) | 93 (7.7%) | 93 (1.5%) | < 0.0001 |
| Mean number of visits (SD) | 7.67 (7.52) | 6.54 (5.55) | 0.2455 |
| Oncology-Medical | |||
| Yes, n (%) | 33 (2.7%) | 53 (0.9%) | < 0.0001 |
| Mean number of visits (SD) | 5.06 (5.52) | 9.43 (10.67) | 0.0323 |
| Other | |||
| Yes, n (%) | 1,049 (86.7%) | 4,104 (67.8%) | < 0.0001 |
| Mean number of visits (SD) | 20.27 (31.62) | 13.10 (20.37) | < 0.0001 |
Mean number of visits on those individuals with ≥ 1 visit during the study window