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. 2021 Oct 19;3(4):537–546. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccao.2021.08.009

Table 2.

Clinical Characteristics in Patients With ATTRwt Amyloidosis by Region

Overall (N = 1,027) United States (n = 646) Rest of the World (n = 381)
Age at onset (y)
 n 1,027 646 381
 Mean ± SD 68.7 ± 11.1 68.0 ± 11.2 69.8 ± 10.8
 Median (Q1, Q3) 69.8 (62.4, 76.6) 69.1 (62.0, 76.0) 70.9 (63.1, 77.5)
Age at diagnosis (y)
 n 947 604 343
 Mean ± SD 76.1 ± 7.1 75.8 ± 7.1 76.7 ± 7.2
 Median (Q1, Q3) 76.4 (71.5, 81.0) 76.1 (71.2, 80.4) 77.4 (72.2, 81.7)
Time to diagnosis from symptom onseta (mo)
 n 947 604 343
 Mean ± SD 90.4 ± 104.2 93.6 ± 112.0 84.8 ± 88.6
 Median (Q1, Q3) 56.5 (12.0, 131.6) 53.1 (11.8, 138.3) 61.0 (13.6, 121.0)
Diagnostic modality, n (%)
 Tissue biopsyb 594 (57.8) 388 (60.1) 206 (54.1)
 Cardiac tissue 215 (20.9) 142 (22.0) 73 (19.2)
 Noncardiac tissue 45 (4.4) 35 (5.4) 10 (2.6)
 Cardiac + noncardiac tissue 28 (2.7) 25 (3.9) 3 (0.8)
 Bone scintigraphy 429 (41.8) 257 (39.8) 172 (45.1)
 Missing/Unknown 4 (0.4) 1 (0.2) 3 (0.8)

Including all patients in THAOS (the Transthyretin Amyloidosis Outcomes Survey) with ATTRwt amyloidosis and any symptom at enrollment defined as ATTR amyloidosis–related by the investigator; 42 patients did not have ATTR amyloidosis–related symptoms at enrollment.

ATTR amyloidosis = transthyretin amyloidosis; other abbreviations as in Table 1.

a

Any symptom (cardiac or noncardiac) defined as ATTR amyloidosis–related by the investigator.

b

Tissue biopsy type not available for 306 patients.