Table 1. Maternally inherited diabetes and deafness patient characteristics at presentation.

Patient no.	Sex	Age	Initial diagnosis	Visual symptoms	Diabetes	Hearing loss	Maternal family history of diabetes	Maternal family history of hearing loss
1	F	48	Usher	No	Yes	Yes	No	No*
2	F	42	Central areolar choroidal sclerosis	Yes	No	No	No†	No
3	F	53	Non-specific maculopathy	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
4	F	47	Non-specific maculopathy	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
5	F	36	Non-specific maculopathy	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
6	M	65	Non-specific maculopathy	Yes	No	Yes	No	No*
7	F	43	Pattern dystrophy	No	No	Yes	?	?
8	M	43	Macular degeneration	Yes	Yes	Yes	No†	No
9	F	38	Non-specific maculopathy	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
10	F	55	Stargardt versus mitochondrial	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
11	F	48	Macular atrophy	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
12	M	46	Non-specific maculopathy	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Total				7/12	4/12	10/12	2/12	5/12

*Hearing loss diagnosed after the age of 75; patients 3 and 4 are a mother and daughter, and ages are at presentation of disease.

†Adult onset DM diagnosed at age 60.