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. 2014 Apr 27;9:61. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-9-61

Table 4.

GI symptoms in relation to age at onset in patients with TTR mutations

Symptom <50 years
≥50 years
p value
n = 725 n = 381
Any GI symptom
509 (70.3%)
185 (49.6%)
<0.001
Early satiety
243 (33.7%)
48 (12.9%)
<0.001
Nausea
157 (21.7%)
32 (8.6%)
<0.001
Vomiting
130 (18.0%)
17 (4.6%)
<0.001
Constipation
154 (21.3%)
75 (20.2%)
0.685
Diarrhea/constipation
201 (27.8%)
66 (17.8%)
<0.001
Diarrhea
164 (22.7%)
53 (14.4%)
0.001
Fecal incontinence
51 (7.0%)
17 (4.6%)
0.112
Unintentional weight loss 270 (37.4%) 76 (20.6%) <0.001

Number of patients, n (%), reporting gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms at enrollment.