Table 4.
Source | Sample size | Growth
rate (mm per year)a |
|
---|---|---|---|
Men | Women | ||
(Jondeau, Detaint et al., 2012) | N = 762 | 0.50 ± 0.89 | |
(Lazarevic, Nakatani et al., 2006) | N = 43 | 1.5 ± 1.3 | |
(Meijboom, Timmermans et al., 2005) | N = 221 | 0.42 | 0.38 |
(Kornbluth, Schnittger et al., 1999) | N = 57 | Up to 2 mm per year | |
(Shores, Berger et al., 1994) | N = 70 | 0.84 | |
(Roman, Rosen et al., 1993) | N = 113 | 1.4 ± 0.5 (complications
group) 0.9 ± 0.8 (no complications group) |
|
(Hwa, Richards et al., 1993) | N = 40 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
0.36 | 0.27 |
Compared to the 1 mm per decade observed in normal patients (refer to natural history section).