Table 1

 Proportion of male (M) and female (F) subjects for HHT1, HHT2 and HHT?, with mean (SD) ages.

HHT1HHT2HHT?
Family members with a clinical and or genetic certain diagnosis, ascertained from the database, are shown. The "HHT presentW group consists of patients with a clinically and or genetically confirmed diagnosis. Patients were deemed "possible" when two of the four criteria were present. Patients with HHT in combination with juvenile polyposis were excluded.
Probands and family
No. of subjects (M:F ratio)735 (0.74)216 (0.77)175 (0.68)
    Mean age (SD), years44.8 (17.2)46.2(16.6)47.8 (18.1)
HHT present (M:F ratio)380 (0.74)128 (0.71)76 (0.58)
    Mean age (SD), years48.4 (18.2)51.2 (16.2)53.7 (15.5)
HHT possible (M:F ratio)84 (0.83)25 (1.27)60 (0.67)
    Mean age (SD), years40.0 (16.8)38.0 (14.8)43.8 (20.9)
HHT absent (M:F ratio)271 (0.73)63 (0.75)39 (0.95)
    Mean age (SD), years41.2 (14.7)39.1 (16.8)42.6 (15.2)
HHT present
    No. of subjects38012876
    No. of families634044
Members per family63.21.7
    Men161 (42.4%)53 (41.4%)28 (36.8%)
    Women219 (57.6%)75 (58.6%)48 (63.1%)
Mean age (SD), years48.4 (18.2)51.2 (16.2)53.7 (15.5)
    Mean age M (SD), years47.9 (18.8)53.5 (13.6)51.9 (13.6)
    Mean age F (SD), years48.8 (17.7)49.7 (17.7)54.8 (16.5)