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. 2022 Sep 2;17:329. doi: 10.1186/s13023-022-02501-8

Table 4.

Hospital Visits and Hospital Stays by Time Since Diagnosis

Group A (n = 10) Group B (n = 11) Group C (n = 10) P-value*
Number of outpatient visits in the previous 12 months
Mean (SD) 56.4 (62.9) 12.6 (12.7) 21.6 (21.1)
Median (range) 38.0 (0 – 200) 8.0 (1 – 40) 16.0 (0 – 65) 0.157
Number of outpatient visits in the previous 4 weeks
Mean (SD) 6.1 (6.1) 0.6 (0.9) 1.9 (1.7)
Median (range) 3.0 (0 – 16) 0.0 (0 – 3) 1.5 (0 – 5) 0.009
Number of inpatient hospital visits in the previous 12 months
Mean (SD) 9.1 (16.3) 2.0 (1.8) 1.3 (2.0)
Median (range) 3.5 (1 – 55) 2.0 (0 – 5) 0.5 (0 – 6) 0.012
Number of inpatient hospital visits in the previous 4 weeks
Mean (SD) 1.1 (1.4) 0.5 (0.7) 0.3 (0.7)
Median (range) 1.0 (0 – 4) 0.0 (0 – 2) 0.0 (0 – 2) 0.192
Inpatient hospital stays (days) in the previous 12 months
Mean (SD) 24.2 (27.2) 6.7 (8.4) 4.9 (6.8)
Median (range) 17.5 (3 – 95) 5.0 (0 – 28) 1.0 (0 – 15) 0.011
Inpatient hospital stays (days) in the previous 4 weeks
Mean (SD) 4.2 (5.6) 0.7 (1.3) 0.1 (0.3)
Median (range) 1.5 (0 – 14) 0.0 (0 – 4) 0.0 (0 – 1) 0.033

Group A: Caregivers of individuals with MLD who were diagnosed within the past ≤ 2 years; Group B: Caregivers of individuals with MLD who were > 2 and ≤ 6 years since diagnosis; Group C: Caregivers of individuals with MLD who were > 6 years since diagnosis; *P-value between groups A, B, C