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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients with MG, overall and stratified by MGFA Class

From: Clinical characteristics and impairment of activities of daily living among patients with myasthenia gravis with differing degrees of muscle weakness: a real-world study of patients in the US and five European countries

Parameter

Overall

(n = 1232)

MGFA Classification

p-value

Class I

(n = 367)

Class II

(n = 579)

Class III/IV (n = 286)

Age, years

 Mean (SD)

54.2 (16.3)

54.4 (18.1)

52.5 (15.7)

57.2 (14.7)

p < 0.001

 Median (min, max)

55.0 (13.0, 90.0)

56.0 (13.0, 90.0)

54.0 (16.0, 90.0)

59.0 (15.0, 88.0)

 

Sex, male, n (%)

613 (49.8)

177 (48.2)

289 (49.9)

147 (51.4)

p = 0.724

Ethnic origin, n (%)

 White

1041 (84.5)

314 (85.6)

486 (83.9)

241 (84.3)

p = 0.795

 Other*

191 (15.50)

53 (14.44)

93 (16.06)

45 (15.73)

  1. BMI, body mass index; MG, myasthenia gravis; MGFA, Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America; n, number of patients; SD, standard deviation
  2. *Included African American (overall n = 63), Hispanic/Latino (n = 51), Afro-Caribbean (n = 17), South-East Asian (n = 15), mixed race (n = 14), Middle Eastern (n = 12), Asian-Indian subcontinent (n = 9), Asian – other (n = 9), and Other (n = 1)
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