Table 1.
Numbers of confirmed DM1 and DM2 positive patients in the period between 2004 and 2009 in the Würzburg lab.
| DM1 | DM2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Total | Positive | % | Total | Positive | % |
| 2004 | 170 | 110 | 64.7 | 270 | 115 | 42.6 |
| 2005 | 265 | 139 | 52.5 | 312 | 141 | 45.2 |
| 2006 | 233 | 94 | 40.3 | 314 | 103 | 32.8 |
| 2007 | 267 | 137 | 51.3 | 328 | 103 | 31.4 |
| 2008 | 221 | 102 | 46.2 | 396 | 106 | 26.8 |
| 2009 | 322 | 102 | 32.2 | 447 | 87 | 19.5 |
The total number represents the number of patients that was send to the lab with the clinical diagnosis of DM1 and/or DM2, respectively. Assignment to the suspected diagnoses was done by the treating physician. The number and percentage of positive patients represents the proportion of total patients in which the diagnosis DM1 or DM2, respectively, could be confirmed in our laboratory.