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. 2016 Mar 18;53(7):495–502. doi: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2015-103486

Table 2.

Incidence rates of severe clinical events (renal event, cardiac event, stroke or death) per 1000 patient years while on agalsidase β by history of pre-ERT event, age and sex (177 severe clinical events were observed during 5 years maximal follow-up)

Years on agalsidase β
0–0.5 year >0.5–1 year >1–5 years
Pre-ERT event: yes (n=172)
 Severe events, n 13 7 29
 Incidence rate*(95% CI) 166 (88 to 283) 102 (41 to 210) 102 (68 to 146)
Pre-ERT event: no (n=872)
 Severe events, n 41 13 74
 Incidence rate*(95% CI) 101 (72 to 137) 37 (19 to 62) 44 (34 to 55)
Age ≥40 years at first ERT (n=518)
 Severe events, n 42 15 69
 Incidence rate*(95% CI) 177 (128 to 239) 74 (42 to 123) 79 (61 to 99)
Age <40 years at first ERT (n=526)
 Severe events, n 12 5 34
 Incidence rate*(95% CI) 48 (25 to 85) 22 (7 to 52) 31 (22 to 43)
Men (n=641)
 Severe events, n 37 13 70
 Incidence rate*(95% CI) 124 (87 to 171) 49 (26 to 85) 54 (42 to 68)
Women (n=403)
 Severe events, n 17 7 33
 Incidence rate*(95% CI) 91 (53 to 145) 43 (17 to 88) 49 (34 to 68)

*Per 1000 patient-years.

ERT, enzyme replacement therapy.