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. 2021 Apr 28;36(4):818–826. doi: 10.1038/s41433-021-01535-9

Table 1.

Demographics of LHON cohort.

All patients
(N = 44)
ND4 patients
(N = 27)
ND1 patients
(N = 8)
ND6 patients
(N = 9)
ND4 patients
aged ≥ 15 at onset
(N = 23)
Age at onset of vision lossa (years)
  Mean (SD) 27.9 (18.7) 30.2 (20.1) 24.9 (15.8) 23.6 (17.7) 34.2 (19.0)
  Median 21.5 23.0 17.5 21.0 25.0
  IQR 16.0, 32.0 16.0, 39.0 15.5, 29.0 14.0, 24.0 19.0, 57.0
  Min, Max 4, 71 4, 71 14, 61 8, 68 16, 71
Categories of age at onseta
  ≤12 years old 5/44 (11.4%) 3/27 (11.1%) 0/8 (0.0%) 2/9 (22.2%) NA
  13 to 14 years old 3/44 (6.8%) 1/27 (3.7%) 1/8 (12.5%) 1/9 (11.1%) NA
  15 to 17 years old 6/44 (13.6%) 3/27 (11.1%) 3/8 (37.5%) 0/9 (0.0%) 3/23 (13.0%)
  18 and older 30/44 (68.2%) 20/27 (74.1%) 4/8 (50.0%) 6/9 (66.7%) 20/23 (87.0%)
Sex
  Male 33/44 (75.0%) 22/27 (81.5%) 5/8 (62.5%) 6/9 (66.7%) 18/23 (78.3%)
  Female 11/44 (25.0%) 5/27 (18.5%) 3/8 (37.5%) 3/9 (33.3%) 5/23 (21.7%)
Ethnicity
  Caucasian/White 33/44 (75.0%) 20/27 (74.1%) 5/8 (62.5%) 8/9 (88.9%) 18/23 (78.3%)
  Black 1/44 (2.3%) 1/27 (3.7%) 0/8 (0.0%) 0/9 (0.0%) 1/23 (4.3%)
  Asian 1/44 (2.3%) 1/27 (3.7%) 0/8 (0.0%) 0/9 (0.0%) 0/23 (0.0%)
  Unknown 9/44 (20.4%) 5/27 (18.5%) 3/8 (37.5%) 1/9 (11.1%) 4/23 (17.4%)
Country of origin
  France 9/44 (20.5%) 6/27 (22.2%) 3/8 (37.5%) 0/9 (0.0%) 5/23 (21.7%)
  Italy 12/44 (27.3%) 6/27 (22.2%) 4/8 (50.0%) 2/9 (22.2%) 5/23 (21.7%)
  Spain 5/44 (11.4%) 2/27 (7.4%) 1/8 (12.5%) 2/9 (22.2%) 2/23 (8.7%)
  United Kingdom 8/44 (18.2%) 5/27 (18.5%) 0/8 (0.0%) 3/9 (33.3%) 4/23 (17.4%)
  United States 10/44 (22.7%) 8/27 (29.6%) 0/8 (0.0%) 2/9 (22.2%) 7/23 (30.4%)

IQR inter-quartile range, NA not applicable, SD standard deviation.

aOnset in first-affected eye.