Table 1.
Demographic, clinical and laboratorial characteristics of the CSF study patients/samples
| Hereditary ATTRV30M – ‘Tafamidis Group’ (n = 5) | Hereditary ATTRV30M – ‘No Tafamidis Group’ (n=4) | Non-ATTR controls (n=3) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient Age (mean ± s.d., max, min) | 35.4 ± 4.1 years (max 41.7, min 29.2) | 45.2 ± 4.8 years (max 48.8, min 37.0) | 28.6 ± 4.1 years (max 34.2, min 24.4) |
| Gender | Female: n=4, Male: n=1 | Female: n=4 | Female: n=3 |
| Age of disease onset (mean ± s.d., max, min) | 28.0 ± 4.4 years (max 36.3, min 25.1) | 32.8 ± 2.0 years (max 35.0, min 30.2) | na |
| Disease duration (mean ± s.d., max, min) | 7.4 ± 2.4 years (max 10.3, min 4.0) | 11.2 ± 5.7* years (max 17.6, min 3.7) | na |
| ATTRV30M Specific Treatment Description | Tafamidis 20mg per day orally | Liver Transplant: n=2 No Treatment: n=2 |
na |
| Treatment duration (mean ± s.d., max, min) | 5.7 ± 2.4 years (max 9.2, min 2.6) | 11.8 ± 1.5# years (max 13.4, min 10.3) | na |
| CNS manifestations | Migraine/Headache: n=4 Transitory Neurologic Episodes, with confirmed TTR-Amyloid Angiopathy: n=1 |
Migraine/Headache: n=2 Subjective cognitive complaints: n=1 Subjective worsening of motor deficits associated with subacute myelopathy: n=1 |
Multiple Sclerosis / CNS inflammatory disease: n=3 |
| CSF Total protein (mean ± s.d., max, min) | 0.44 ± 0.17 g/L (max 0.74, min 0.27) | 0.48 ± 0.20 g/L (max 0.73, min 0.25) | 0.25 ± 0.02 g/L (max 0.23, min 0.28) |
| CSF erythrocytes | 0 cells/μL: n=4, 212 cells/μL: n=1 | 0–2 cells/μL: n=4, | 0–5 cells/μL: n=2, 58 cells/μL: n=1 |
one patient (D006; still considered asymptomatic regarding ATTR Amyloidosis) not included in this average.
two patients (D010, D006; untreated) not included in this average.