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. 2013 Nov 25;7(6):501–510. doi: 10.4161/pri.27260

Table 2. Comparison of four 8 OPRI families.

  A family Che family M-E family Swedish family All the families
n (females; males) 6 (2;4) 6 (1;5) 11 (7; 4) 7 (4;3) 30 (14; 16)
PRNP polymorphic codon 129 in mutated allele (n) 129V6 129V6 129M11 129M7 129V,12 129M18
PRNP polymorphic codon 129 in both alleles (nr of homozygous and heterozygous) 2 pol 129VV 1 pol 129 VM NA 4 pol 129MM 4 pol 129 MM 1 pol 129 VM
2 pol 129VV
8 pol 129 MM
Age of onset,
mean in years; SD
(range; missing values)
43.3; 12.4 (21–54; 0) 43.3; 6.8
(35–54; 0)
31.8; 7.0 (21–43; 1) 29.7; 5.4
(23–41; 0)
36.1; 6.6
(21-54; 1)
Disease duration,
mean in years; SD
(range; number for which information is available; missing values; still alive at the time of publication)
3.6; 2.6
(0.4–6a; 4; 0; 2)
3.3; 4.9
(0.3–13; 6; 0; 0)
3.4; 2.3
(1.3–7b; 6; 1; 4)
15.1; 4.3
(11–23; 7; 0; 0)
6.9; 6.6
(0.3–23; 23; 1; 6)
Age of death,
mean in years; SD (range; n)
53.6; 3.9
(50.4–59; 4)
46.6; 8.7
(35.3–56; 6)
40.6; 4.8
(35-47;7)
44.9; 4.0
(41–52; 7)
45.5; 6.9
(35-59; 24)

a Two subjects were still alive at the time of report publication more than 1 and two years after disease onset. bOne subject was still alive more than 12 y after symptom onset. Disease duration is the longest of all the reported IPD families with 8-OPRI (P < 0.001).