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. 2020 Aug 20;10:14041. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-70976-1

Table 4.

Clinical characteristic of patients diagnosed with Wilson’s disease between 2010 and 2016.

Valuables No of patients (%)
Total = 1,333
No of death (%)
Total = 52
Univariate analysis P value
HR 95%CI
Age, years (mean SD) 26.1 ± 17.2 44.5 ± 19.3 1.00 0.00–0.00 < 0.0001
Men sex 768 (57.7) 31 (4.0) 1.09 0.63–1.91 0.753
Liver failure 38 (2.9) 9 (17.3) 6.55 3.18–13.46 < 0.0001
Liver cirrhosis 163 (12.2) 24 (46.2) 5.47 3.15–9.51 < 0.0001
Medical treatment 465 (34.9) 21 (40.4) 1.14 0.65–3.01 0.640
 Penicillamine 124 (9.3) 14 (11.3) 1.00
 Penicillamine + zinc 21 (1.6) 0 (0.0) 0.00 0.00 0.997
 Penicillamine + zinc + trientine 53 (4.0) 2 (3.8) 0.34 0.08–1.50 0.157
 Penicillamine + trientine 45 (3.4) 4 (8.9) 0.84 0.28–2.58 0.764
 Zinc 48 (3.6) 0 (0.0) 0.00 0.00 0.995
 Zinc + trientine 98 (7.4) 0 (0.0) 0.00 0.00 0.993
 Trientine 76 (5.7) 1 (1.3) 0.12 0.02–0.95 0.044
Liver transplantation 56 (4.2) 3 (5.4) 1.28 0.40–4.12 0.674
BCT 854 (64.1) 30 (57.7) 1.28 0.49–1.49 0.574

SD, standard deviation; BCT, best conservative treatment.