Table 1.
Characteristics | % |
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Individuals from testing and systematic screening programs (Rolfs et al. 2013) | |
Cases (genetically confirmed diagnosis) | 17.5 |
Carriers (of a clinically relevant genetic variant) | 9.9 |
No confirmation of a hereditary disorder | 72.6 |
Gender | |
Females | 51.8 |
Males | 48.2 |
Geographic distribution | |
Europe | 58.3 |
Middle East | 18.8 |
South and Central America | 15.2 |
North America | 5.2 |
Other regions | 4.0 |
Age at genetic diagnosis [years] (cases and carriers) | |
Prenatal | 0.4 |
<3 | 16.7 |
3–10 | 15.4 |
11–18 | 9.4 |
19–44 | 39.3 |
45–64 | 14.9 |
>65 | 3.9 |