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. 2017 May 10;6(6):384–394. doi: 10.1530/EC-17-0042

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the patients with Pompe disease.

Patient no. (gender) Age (years) Onset of weakness (years) ERT Mutation 6-min walk test (m) MRC score (thigh/calf) Atrophy (thighs) FVC sitting/supine (L) Medications
1. F Danish 38 25 No c.-32-13T > Ac.307T > G; p.C103G 531 4/5 Yes 2.8/2.2 None
2. M Danish 39 20 No c.-32-13T > A c.2331+2T > G 441 4/5 Yes 4.1/3.7 None
3. F Swedish 64 48 No c.2560C > TIVS1-13T > G 369 4/5 Yes 2.8/2.7 ZopiklonKetoprofen
4. M French 65 55 Yes c.-32-13T > Ac.3G > A 540 5/5 No 2.7/1.8 StatinAllopurinol
5. F French 30 27 Yes c.1655T > Cc.1688A > T 488 4/5 No 2.4/2.2 None
6. F French 26 21 Yes C.-32-13T > AC.525delT 496 3/5 Yes 2.2/1.9 Perindopril
7. M Danish 20 1 Yes c.[2228A > G+2237G > C] IVS1-13T > G ND 4/5 No 5.6/5.3 None
Mean patients (s.d.) 40.3 (17.8) 28.1 (18.2) 4 out of 7 NA 478 (63.8) 4.0 (0.6)/5.0 (0.0) 4 out of 7 3.2 (1.2)/2.8 (1.3) NA
Mean controls (s.d.) 39.9 (16.2) NA NA NA ND NA No ND One subject took oral contraceptive pills
P value 0.902

Patient nationality is given in the table. Control subjects were Danish. None of the patients had cardiac involvement, which was evaluated by ECG and echocardiography in all patients. Mutation analysis was performed in the GAA gene (HUGO gene nomenclature committee # 4065) (34).

ERT, enzyme replacement therapy with Myozyme; F, female; FVC, forced vital capacity; M, male; MRC, Medical Research Council Scale for strength, 6-point scale (5 = normal strength, 4 = reduced strength, moves joint against resistance, 3 moves joint against gravity); NA, not applicable; ND, not done/no data; s.d., standard deviation.