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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of enrolled patients

From: Screening for B cell, T cell and natural killer cell defects among children with methylmalonic and propionic acidemias

Parameter

Results

Diagnosis (no. (%))

MMA

23 (76.7%)

PA

7 (23.3%)

Sex (no. (%))

Male

16 (53.3%)

Female

14 (46.7%)

Age (mo.)

Mean ± SD

37.93 ± 23.20

Range

6–86

Weight (centile)

Mean ± SD

24.73 ± 27.15

Range

3–75

Height (centile)

Mean ± SD

9.40 ± 15.53

Range

3–75

Age at metabolic disease onset (mo.)

Mean ± SD

6.59 ± 4.58

Range

0.1–19

Age of onset of infection (mo.)

Mean ± SD

6.24 ± 4.41

Range

0–19

Frequency of hospitalization due to infection/year

Mean ± SD

1.80 ± 0.76

Range

1–3

Average duration of antibiotics use during infection (days)

Mean ± SD

6.13 ± 1.22

Range

4–9

Control of the metabolic disease (controlled/uncontrolled) (no. (%))

Controlled

18 (60.0%)

Uncontrolled

12 (40.0%)

  1. MMA methylmalonic acidemia, mo. month, no. number, PA propionic acidemia, SD standard deviation