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. 2012 May 30;35(5):737–747. doi: 10.1007/s10545-012-9492-z

Table 2.

Reported clinical symptoms in patients with nuclear encoded complex I deficiency, including the prevalence and mean age of presentation in our cohort (n = 130)

Clinical symptom Prevalence Median age of onset (months) Range (years)
Hypotonia 60 % 5 0 – 6
Failure to thrive 34 % 6 0 – 2.8
Nystagmus 34 % 7 0 – 10
Dys- or hypertonia 32 % 12 0 – 9
Psychomotor retardation 30 % 6 0 – 6
Feeding problems 29 % 5 0 – 5.2
Pyramidal symptoms 28 % 13 0 – 13
Respiratory abnormalities 27 % 11 0 – 12
Developmental regression 25 % 11 0 – 7,5
Vomiting 22 % 7 0 – 4
Epilepsy 21 % 8 0 – 10
Cardiomyopathy 20 % 4 0 – 3
Optic atrophy 20 % 10 0 – 11
Deterioration after infections 18 % 6 0.3 – 3.2
Ataxia 18 % 24 0.5 – 8
Lethargy 18 % 6 0 – 20
Encephalopathy 16 % 6 0 – 2.5
Vision problems 17 % 6 0 – 10
Muscle weakness 15 % 8 0 – 11.6
Irritability 15 % 7 0 – 16
Extrapyramidal symptoms 15 % 14 0.3 – 10
Strabismus 14 % 7 0.1 – 6
Dysphagia 13 % 6 0 – 9
Pure motor retardation 11 % 9 0 – 2
Dystrophy 9 % 6 0.3 – 8
Myoclonic epilepsy 8 % 10 0.2 – 10
Hearing loss 8 % 16 0.1 – 10
Ptosis 7 % 16 0.3 – 2.5
Exercise intolerance 7 % 48 0 – 20
Temperature regulation problems 5 % 6 0.4 – 20
Gastrooesophageal reflux 5 % 6 0 – 1,1
Hepatopathy 4 % 4 0 – 1,3
Ophthalmoplegia 4 % 9 0.6 – 2.2
Constipation 4 % 6 0.2 – 7
Osteoporosis 3 % 78 5-16
Neuropathy 3 % 8 0.5 – 30
Tension abnormalities 2 % 51 0.5 – 8
Renal involvement 2 % 17 0.5 – 2
Retinitis pigmentosa 1 % 13