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. 2019 Nov 6;10:2438. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02438

Table 2.

Participation NBS, health status of the children and familial hereditary disorders.

Research population
N = 659 %
Did all your children participate in the dutch NBS program?
  Yes 644 99.5
  No 5 0.5
  Missing 10
What was the NBS result for your child (-ren)?
  Normal 643 99.5
  Abnormal 2 0.3
  I'd rather not say 1 0.2
  Missing 13
Are your children healthy?a
  Yes 628 96.0
  No 24 3.7
  I'd rather not say 2 0.3
  Missing 5
Do you have a family member with a hereditary disorder?b
  Yes 112 17.2
  No 501 76.8
  I don't know 35 5.4
  I'd rather not say 4 0.6
  Missing 7

Missing values were excluded from the percentages.

a

Answers included a wide variety of hereditary disorders including Down Syndrome, Fragile X-syndrome, metabolic diseases, and diabetes mellitus type 1.

b

Answers included a broad spectrum of disorders such as malignancies, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, and autoimmune diseases.