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. 2021 Feb 18;16:92. doi: 10.1186/s13023-020-01656-6

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics in the fracture risk analysis population by ATI and fracture status

Parameter  < 18 years ATI cohort 18 to < 50 years ATI cohort >= 50 years ATI cohort
Patients with fracture Patients without fracture Patients with fracture Patients without fracture Patients with fracture Patients without fracture
Number of patients, n
33 623 167 1318 88 419
Sex, n (%)
 Male 14 (42.4) 297 (47.7) 72 (43.1) 569 (43.2) 30 (34.1) 241 (57.5)
 Female 19 (57.6) 326 (52.3) 95 (56.9) 749 (56.8) 58 (65.9) 178 (42.5)
Age at GD1 diagnosis, years
 Mean (SD) 8.3 (4.64) 7.0 (4.33) 20.5 (13.44) 23.2 (12.65) 45.7 (18.26) 38.8 (20.45)
 Median (25th, 75th) 6.9 (4.6, 11.8) 6.1 (3.6, 10.0) 20.8 (7.5, 29.3) 23.5 (12.8, 32.6) 50.1 (32.9, 58.3) 39.8 (23.2, 55.3)
 Range 2.9, 17.6 0.0, 17.4 0.0, 49.3 0.0, 49.7 0.5, 81.8 2.3, 78.9
Age at imiglucerase initiation, years
 Mean (SD) 12.0 (4.61) 10.0 (4.48) 36.6 (8.22) 33.8 (9.03) 60.5 (8.00) 60.9 (8.32)
 Median (25th, 75th) 14.1 (8.3, 15.2) 10.2 (6.1, 13.8) 37.5 (30.3, 43.7) 33.8 (26.5, 41.4) 59.0 (53.8, 65.6) 59.3 (54.4, 65.7)
 Range 3.1, 17.9 0.2, 18.0 18.3, 49.9 18.0, 50.0 50.0, 84.1 50.2, 84.2
Time interval between diagnosis and imiglucerase initiation, years
 Mean (SD) 3.7 (4.36) 2.9 (3.79) 16.1 (12.09) 10.6 (11.02) 14.9 (15.95) 22.1 (18.59)
 Median (25th, 75th) 0.9 (0.3, 7.7) 1.0 (0.3, 4.6) 17.5 (2.9, 25.0) 6.8 (0.7, 18.0) 8.9 (0.8, 26.7) 18.4 (1.4, 39.1)
 Range 0.1, 12.9 0.0, 16.6 0.0, 44.0 0.0, 46.5 0.0, 61.4 0.0, 60.6
Genotype, n (%)
 N370S/N370S 6 (18.2) 65 (10.4) 35 (21.0) 309 (23.4) 43 (48.9) 166 (39.6)
 All other genotypes 24 (72.7) 481 (77.2) 116 (69.4) 775 (58.8) 34 (38.6) 179 (42.7)
 Unknown genotype 3 (9.1) 77 (12.4) 16 (9.6) 234 (17.8) 11 (12.5) 74 (17.7)
Splenectomized prior to or on treatment initiation date, n (%)
 No 27 (81.8) 567 (91.0) 88 (52.7) 942 (71.5) 56 (63.6) 299 (71.4)
 Yes 6 (18.2) 56 (9.0) 79 (47.3) 376 (28.5) 32 (36.4) 120 (28.6)
Age at splenectomy, years
 n 6 56 79 376 32 120
 Mean (SD) 8.7 (4.84) 7.7 (3.97) 17.5 (11.27) 19.4 (10.74) 27.2 (13.78) 36.6 (16.62)
 Median (25th, 75th) 8.3 (3.8, 12.6) 7.5 (4.3, 10.1) 14.1 (8.0, 25.3) 18.5 (10.4, 26.5) 27.2 (14.2, 37.1) 37.8 (23.0, 50.1)
 Range 3.7, 15.6 2.1, 17.3 1.7, 45.0 1.5, 48.8 5.0, 57.1 4.5, 72.9
Bone crisis reported prior to or on treatment initiation date, n (%)
 No 30 (90.9) 555 (89.1) 134 (80.2) 1201 (91.1) 77 (87.5) 398 (95.0)
 Yes 3 (9.1) 68 (10.9) 33 (19.8) 117 (8.9) 11 (12.5) 21 (5.0)

ATI = Age at treatment initiation; GD1 = Gaucher disease type 1

*Excludes patients from total study sample with first fracture prior to treatment initiation, first fracture prior to age 18, and patients whose follow-up did not extend past age 18 years