- Demographic and clinical characteristics with age of onset of the enrolled children
| Parameters | n | % |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Male | 34 | 61.8% |
| Female | 21 | 38.2% |
| Parental consanguinity | ||
| Positive | 47 | 85.5% |
| Negative | 8 | 14.5% |
| Family history of WD or a similar condition | ||
| Positive | 27 | 49.1% |
| Negative | 28 | 50.9% |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Arabs | 52 | 94.5% |
| Kurds | 3 | 5.5% |
| Kayser-Fleischer ring | ||
| Positive | 18 | 32.7% |
| Negative | 37 | 67.3% |
| Clinical presentation | ||
| Hepatic | 40 | 72.7% |
| Neurologic | 2 | 3.6% |
| Mixed | 12 | 21.8% |
| Asymptomatic | 1 | 1.8% |
| Main clinical presentation | ||
| Age (years) | ||
| Hepatic | Mixed | Neurologic |
| N=40 | N= 12 | N= 2 |
| Mean±Standard deviation | Mean±SD | Mean±SD |
| At presentation | ||
| 9.4±3.1 | 8.6±3.3 | 8.5±7.7* |
| At diagnosis | ||
| 12.05±3.2 | 12.4±3.7 | 13.35±3.7 ** |