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. 2020 Dec 29;12(24):24940–24956. doi: 10.18632/aging.202441

Table 3. Major signs and clinical symptom changes showing a positive percentage over time.

In 2009 (%) In 2020 (%) P value
Sex (male) 46.6 55.0 0.388
Graying of hair, hair loss 98.1 97.5 1.000
Cataracts 92.5 100 0.124
Skin changes 97.4 97.5 1.000
Intractable skin ulcers 87.5 67.5 <0.01
Soft-tissue calcification 76.7 87.5 0.048
Bird-like face 96.1 90.0 0.220
High-pitched voice 88.0 87.5 1.000
Diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance 71.43 67.5 0.700
Dyslipidemia 68.5 65.0 0.701
Hypertension 34.6 42.5 0.250
Fatty liver 44.2 52.5 0.330
Cerebral bleeding 1.5 0 1.000
Cerebral infarction 3.7 0 0.591
Angina pectoris or myocardial infarction 14.8 2.5 0.049
Arteriosclerosis obliterans 24.4 15.0 0.277
Malignant tumor 42.4 20.0 0.010
Consanguineous marriage 39.0 29.7 0.424

The data in this registry in 2020 was compared with the data of survey in 2009. Fisher’s exact test was used for the statistical comparison.