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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 20.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2012 Mar 14;307(10):1062–1071. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.228

Table 3.

Genetic & Telomere Results by Age Group

Discovery Cohort (n=40)
Infants (<18 mos) (n=6) Children (18 mos - <12 yrs) (n=29) Adolescents & Young Adults (≥ 12 yrs) (n=5) P-value
ATRX Mutation
 Yes 0 (0% [0–40%]) 5 (17% [7–36%]) 5 (100% [50–100%]) <0.001
 No 6 (100% [60–100%]) 24 (83% [64–93%]) 0 (0% [0–50%])
Telomere Length
 Long 5 (83% [40–99%]) 11 (38% [21–58%]) 4 (80% [34–99%]) 0.051
 Short 1 (17% [1–60%]) 18 (62% [42–79%]) 1 (20% [1–66%])
Validation Cohort (n=64)
Infants (<18 mos) (n=12) Children (18 mos - <12 yrs) (n=25) Adolescents & Young Adults (≥12 yrs) (n=27) P-value
ATRX Mutation
 Yes 0 (0% [0–24%]) 4 (16% [6–35%]) 9 (33% [17–54%]) 0.048
 No 12 (100% [76–100%]) 21 (84% [65–94%]) 18 (67% [46–83%])
All Patients Combined (n=104)
Infants (<18 mos) (n=18) Children (18 mos - <12 yrs) (n=54) Adolescents & Young Adults (≥ 12 yrs) (n=32) P-value
ATRX Mutation
 Yes 0 (0% [0–17%]) 9 (17% [9–29%]) 14 (44% [28–62%]) <0.001
 No 18 (100% [83–100%]) 45 (83% [71–91%]) 18 (56% [38–72%])
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Telomere length data were available only for the discovery cohort

Proportions are presented with 95% confidence intervals in brackets