Table 1 Clinical characteristics of 66 patients with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia.

From: Altered hypoxia inducible factor regulation in hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia

  

All patients

n = 66 (100)

Men

n = 29 (44)

Women

n = 37 (56)

Age

Years

52 ± 14 (min: 18, max: 82)

56 ± 14

48 ± 14

Missing

0

0

0

Genetic testing

Yes

23 (35)

7 (24)

16 (43)

No

43 (65)

22 (76)

21 (57)

Missing

0

0

0

Mutated gene

HHT 1

7 (11)

0

7 (19)

HHT 2

4 (6)

2 (7)

2 (5)

Others

2 (3)

1 (3)

1 (3)

No mutation detected

1 (2)

0

1 (3)

Missing

9 (39)

4 (57)

5 (31)

Positive FH

Yes

60 (91)

26 (90)

34 (92)

No

5 (8)

3 (10)

2 (5)

Not known

1 (2)

0

1(3)

Yes

64 (97)

29 (100)

35 (95)

TAE

No

2 (3)

0

2 (5)

Missing

0

0

0

Visceral lesions

GI

Yes

22 (33)

12 (41)

10 (27)

No

27 (41)

11 (38)

16 (43)

Not known

17 (26)

6 (21)

11 (30)

PAVM

Yes

33 (55)

12 (41)

21 (57)

No

29 (44)

15 (52)

14 (38)

Not known

4 (6)

2 (7)

2 (5)

HVM

Yes

17 (26)

6 (21)

11 (30)

No

34 (52)

16 (55)

18 (49)

Not known

15 (23)

7 (24)

8 (22)

CVM

Yes

8 (12)

5 (17)

3 (8)

No

40 (61)

16 (55)

24 (65)

Not known

18 (27)

8 (28)

10 (27)

Epistaxis

Yes

64 (97)

28 (97)

36 (97)

No

2 (3)

1 (3)

1 (3)

Missing

0

0

0

ESS

Score

5.5 ± 2.3 (min: 0, max: 9.26)

5.4 ± 2.3

5.5 ± 2.4

Missing

0

0

0

Haemoglobin

g/dl

12.5 ± 2.7

13.4 ± 2.7

11.8 ± 2.5

Missing

0

0

0

  1. TAE teleangiectasia, FH family history, GI gastrointestinal bleedings, PAVM pulmonary arteriovenous malformations, HVM hepatic vascular malformations, CVM cerebral vascular malformations, ESS Epistaxis Severity Score with a scale from 1 = mild epistaxis to 10 = severe epistaxis. Data is shown in number of patients [(n) and (percentage)] or mean ± SD.