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. 2022 Feb 10;15:32. doi: 10.1186/s13104-022-05921-8

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of demographic and genetic data of all patients with diagnosed childhood glaucoma

Number of patients, PCG/SCG 28; 11/17
Age at presentation
 Mean ± SD (range), months 33.8 ± 36.5 (1–125)
 Mean ± SD (range), years 2.8 ± 3 (0.07–10.41)
Age at time of suspected glaucoma diagnosis, months
 Mean ± SD (range) 12.3 ± 24.9 (0–119.3)
Sex, n (%)
 Female/Male 18 (64%)/10 (36%)
Country of origin, mother/father, n (%)
 German 14 (50%)/14 (50%)
 East European countries 5 (18%)/6 (21%)
 Asia 7 (25%)/7 (25%)
 Africa 2 (7%)/1 (4%)
Country of birth, n (%)
 German 21 (75%)
 East European countries 4 (14%)
 Asia 3 (11%)
Laterality, n (%)
 Unilateral/Bilateral 9 (32%)/19 (68%)
 Unilateral/Bilateral, PCG 2 (18%)/9 (82%)
 Unilateral/Bilateral, SCG 7 (41%)/10 (59%)
Mean number of performed eye surgeries 2 ± 3.7
Mean number of eye surgeries, performed at glaucoma department Mainz 2 ± 3.2
Positive family history, n (%) 6 (21%)
Consanguinity, n (%) 4 (14%)
Risk factors during pregnancy, n (%)
 Smoking 2 (7%)
 Alcohol drinking 3 (11%)
Genetic examination 24 (86%)
 Revealed genes’ mutations with their type and location, n (%) 12 (50%) out of 24
  CYP1B1 (2 compound heterozygous; 3 homozygous; 2p22.2) 5 (21%)
  SOX11 (heterozygous; 2p25.2) 1 (4%)
  TEK (heterozygous; 9p21.2) 1 (4%)
  CRYBB3 (heterozygous; 22q11.23) 1 (4%)
  FYCO1 (homozygous; 3p21.31) 1 (4%)
  FOXC1 (heterozygous; 6p25.3) 1 (4%)
  GJA8 (heterozygous; 1q21.2) 1 (4%)
  LTBP2 (compound heterozygous; 14q24.3) 1 (4%)

SD, standard deviation; PCG, primary congenital glaucoma; SCG, secondary childhood glaucoma