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. 2013 Aug 16;8:124. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-8-124

Table 4.

Study characteristics of observational studies and case studies

 
Observational studies
Case studies
  Number (% of all effectiveness studies) Control group Single center Registry data Mean number of patients [min-max] Number (% of all effectiveness studies)
ALL
1 (14%)
0
0
0
5 [5]
4 (57%)
CAPS
5 (56%)
3
2
0
25 [10-35]
2 (22%)
CLL
0 (0%)
-
-
-
-
0 (0%)
Fabry (α)
37 (55%)
10
17
13
102 [7-752]
15 (22%)
Fabry (β)
29 (45%)
13
18
3
62 [6-822]
25 (39%)
MPSI
7 (27%)
0
5
1
141 [5-891]
16 (62%)
MPSII
9 (41%)
1
3
3
56 [11-124]
10 (45%)
MPSVI
5 (21%)
0
1
1
41 [3-132]
16 (67%)
PNH
8 (38%)
5
0
0
58 [6-187]
9 (43%)
Pompe
14 (25%)
2
4
0
26 [8-74]
34 (61%)
STS
17 (45%)
3
8
0
60 [7-379]
9 (24%)
Total 132 (39%) 37 58 21 58 [3-891] 140 (42%)