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. 2015 Nov 4;174(2):125–136. doi: 10.1530/EJE-15-0515

Table 1.

Characteristics of the cohort of patients with hereditary hypophosphatemiaa.

All patients (n=28) XLHR (n=21)
Time of diagnosis
 Sex (male/female) (n/n) 10/18 5/16
 Family history of HH (n/N) 22/28 18/21
 Age at diagnosis (years) 2.1 (0.1 to 15.5) 0.9 (0.1 to 15.5)
 Height (z-score) −0.9 (−6.5 to 1.0) −1.2 (−6.5 to 1.0)
 Skeletal diseaseb (n/N) 17/28 13/21
Treatment
 Age at treatment start (years) 2.1 (0.2 to 15.6) 1 (0.2 to 6.7)
 Elemental phosphorus (mg/kg per day) 39 (28 to 61) 39 (0 to 74)
 Alfacalcidol (ng/kg per day) 33 (21 to 42) 34 (0 to 54)
Last registered consultation
 Age (years) 12.1 (1.3 to 18.3) 10.8 (1.3 to 18.0)
 Height (z-score) −1.4 (−6.31 to 0.8) −1.4 (−6.3 to 0.8)
 Delta z-score height (z-score) −0.1 (−3.1 to 2.0) −0.1 (−3.1 to 2.0)
 Dental involvement (n/N) 13/28 9/21
 Nephrocalcinosis (n/N) 11/28 9/20c
 Persistent bowing (n/N) 16/28 13/21

n/N, number of patients with this characteristic/total number of patients.

a

Continual variables are given as median (range).

b

Skeletal disease: clinical or radiological signs of rickets, or skeletal axis deviation.

c

Information missing for one patient.