Table 5.
SLICC-DI, neuropsychiatric and cranial/peripheral neuropathy components in Sudanese and Swedish patients stratified for inclusion age
| Age group (years) | 10–19 | 20–29 | 30–39 | 40–49 | 50–59 | 60–69 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLICC-DI | ||||||
| Sudan/Sweden, median | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 0/2 |
| P-value | 0.5 | 0.004 | 0.9 | 0.07 | 0.03 | (0.0501) |
| Neuropsychiatric | ||||||
| Sudan/Sweden, % | 27.3/16.7 | 51.8/11.9 | 33.3/8.4 | 34.8/28.6 | 37.5/29.9 | 0/26.1 |
| P-value | 1.0 | 0.0003 | 0.0007 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Cranial or peripheral neuropathy | ||||||
| Sudan/Sweden, % | 18.1/0.0 | 40.7/2.4 | 27.8/0 | 21.7/1.8 | 37.5/6.9 | 0/6.5 |
| P-value | 0.5 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.007 | 0.0005 | 0.7 |
Groups are compared with the Mann–Whitney U test for SLICC-DI and with the chi-squared test for the occurrence of individual components. Significant differences are shown in bold.