Table 2 Patient characteristics (N = 1227)
From: The relationship between target joints and direct resource use in severe haemophilia
Age (mean ± SD) | 35.7 ± 14.6 |
|---|---|
Subtype (%) | |
Haemophilia A | 949 (77.3%) |
Haemophilia B | 278 (22.7%) |
Country (%) | |
UK | 306 (24.9%) |
Italy | 271 (22.1%) |
France | 254 (20.7%) |
Spain | 206 (16.8%) |
Germany | 190 (15.5%) |
Treatment strategy (%) | |
On-demand | 519 (42.3%) |
Prophylaxis | 708 (57.7%) |
Target joints (mean ± SD) | 1.1 ± 1.4 |
Number of target joints (patient n, %) | |
Zero | 518 (41.2%) |
One | 334 (46.4%) |
Two | 241 (34.0%) |
Three or more | 139 (19.6%) |
Location of target joints (patient n, % of target joint cohort) | |
Exclusively lower body | 371 (52.3%) |
Exclusively upper body | 186 (26.2%) |
Upper and lower body | 152 (21.4%) |
Surgeries to target joints in the previous 12 months (patient n, % of target joint cohort) | 305 (42.7%) |
Joint aspiration | 200 (28.0%) |
Endoscopic examination of joint | 116 (16.2%) |
Joint fusion | 84 (11.8%) |
Joint replacement | 64 (9.0%) |
Destruction/surgical removal of synovium | 56 (7.8%) |