TABLE 1.

Characteristics of patients evaluated for primary ciliary dyskinesia

	All patients	Positive	Negative	Inconclusive
Subjects	48	36	8	4
Age at assessment years median (range)	10.0 (1–37)	12.1 (1.0–37)	9.6 (1–23)	6.5 (4–10)
0–5 years	13 (27%)	7 (21%)	4 (50%)	2 (50%)
5–18 years	27 (56%)	22 (61%)	3 (38%)	2 (50%)
>18 years	8 (17%)	7 (21%)	1 (13%)	0 (0%)
Male	21 (44%)	14 (39%)	5 (63%)	2 (50%)
Consanguinity	34 (71%)	32 (76%)	2 (50%)	4 (100%)
Ethnicity
Jewish	13 (27%)	7 (19%)	4 (50%)	2 (50%)
Arabic	35 (73%)	29 (81%)	4 (50%)	2 (50%)
Other
Bronchiectasis	46 (96%)	34 (94%)	7 (88%)	4 (100%)
Associated conditions#	11 (23%)	10 (28%)	1 (13%)	0 (0%)
Neonatal respiratory distress	15 (31%)	13 (36%)	0 (-%)	2 (50%)
Diagnostic assessment performed
nNO measurement	48 (100%)	36 (100%)	8 (100%)	4 (100%)
TEM for ciliary structure	41 (85%)	31 (86%)	6 (75%)	4 (100%)

nNO: nasal nitric oxide; TEM: transmission electron microscopy. ^#: situs abnormalities or retinitis pigmentosa.