Table 1 Review of clinical and molecular data from the present series and the literature.

From: Townes-Brocks syndrome: genotype-phenotype correlations of SALL1 variants in our series and the literature

 

Present study

Literature

TOTAL

Clinical data

Sex ratio (F:M [missing data])

0.88 [0]

0.96 [9]

0.95 [9]

Age (m ± SD [missing data])

23.6 ± 21.8 [2]

15.6 ± 17.3 [114]

18.3 ± 19.2 [116]

Triada (%)

12/48 (25.0)

95/191 (49.7)

107/239 (44.8)

Dysplastic ear (%)

34/49 (69.4)

162/194 (83.5)

196/243 (80.7)

Thumb malformation (%)

26/49 (53.1)

150/202 (74.2)

176/251 (70.1)

Other malformation of upper limb (%)

8/49 (16.3)

22/201 (10.9)

30/250 (12.0)

Malformation of lower limb (%)

21/48 (43.8)

93/195 (47.7)

114/243 (46.9)

Ano-rectal malformation (%)

30/48 (62.5)

130/195 (66.7)

160/243 (65.8)

Deafness (%)

32/49 (65.3)

128/197 (65.0)

160/246 (65.0)

Kidney malformation (%)

21/39 (53.8)

81/191 (42.4)

102/230 (44.3)

Renal failure (%)

19/48 (39.6)

56/191 (29.3)

75/239 (31.4)

Genital anomalies (%)

7/48 (14.6)

27/198 (13.6)

34/246 (13.8)

Congenital heart defect (%)

8/35 (22.9)

37/196 (18.9)

45/231 (19.5)

Endocrine feature (%)

11/43 (25.6)

28/196 (14.3)

39/239 (16.3)

Ophthalmologic features (%)

16/44 (36.4)

29/194 (14.9)

45/238 (18.9)

Abnormal cranial nerveb (%)

1/45 (2.2)

9/185 (4.9)

10/230 (4.3)

Facial asymmetry (%)

2/45 (4.4)

7/185 (3.8)

9/230 (3.9)

Molecular data

SALL1 variant located upstream or into the glutamine-rich region (%)

14/40 (35.0)

12/186 (6.5)

26/226 (11.5)

SALL1 variant located upstream the middle of the mutation hotspot (%)

29/40 (72.5)

80/186 (43.0)

109/226 (48.2)

SALL1 deletion (%)

9/49 (18.4)

19/205 (9.3)

28/254 (11.0)

  1. Triad of thumb, external ear and ano-rectal malformations (in bold).
  2. F, female; M, male; m, mean; SD, standard deviation.
  3. aTriad of thumb, external ear and ano-rectal malformations. bexcluding Stilling-Duane anomaly.