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Table 1 Patient demographics and clinical characteristics

From: Paediatric Fabry disease: prognostic significance of ocular changes for disease severity

Variable

Patients

Boys

Girls

Total

All FOS paediatric patients with ocular exam, n (%)

131 (56.5)

101 (43.5)

232 (100)

 Children with any eye finding, n (%)

62/131 (47.3)

55/101 (54.5)

117/232 (50.4)

 Children with CV, n (%)

55/131 (42.0)

53/101 (52.5)

108/232 (46.6)

 Children with tortuous vesselsa, n (%)

32/131 (24.4)

17/98 (17.3)

49/229 (21.4)

 Children with posterior spoke-like lens opacity, n (%)

2/130 (1.5)

3/97 (3.1)

5/227 (2.2)

Age of patients at first eye finding, years, median (range)

10.3 (2.3, 17.7)

8.9 (3.2, 16.4)

9.7 (2.3, 17.7)

Agalsidase alfa treatment, n (%)

 No

35 (26.7)

60 (59.4)

95 (40.9)

 Yes (any time)

96 (73.3)

41 (40.6)

137 (59.1)

 Patients with agalsidase alfa treatment and any eye finding

54 (56.3)

27 (65.9)

81 (59.1)

 Patients with agalsidase alfa treatment and no eye findings

42 (43.7)

14 (34.1)

56 (40.9)

  1. FOS Fabry Outcome Survey; CV cornea verticillata
  2. aIncludes both retinal and conjunctival vessel tortuosity