Table 1

Demographic, clinical characteristics and diagnostic rate of patients

CharacteristicsIndividuals
(n (%))
Diagnosed individuals (n (%, 95% CI))SNV alone
(n (%))
CNV alone
(n (%))
AH
(n (%))
Dual diagnosis
(n (%))
Age (years)
(1~2)437 (40.09)199/437
(45.54, 40.80 to 50.34)
129 (29.52)66 (15.10)1 (0.23)3 (0.69)
(2~6)526 (48.26)198/526
(37.64, 33.49 to 41.94)
147 (27.95)48 (9.13)3 (0.57)0
(6~12)110 (10.09)46/110
(41.82, 32.48 to 51.61)
32 (29.09)13 (11.82)1 (0.91)0
>1217 (1.56)8/17
(47.06, 22.98 to 72.19)
4 (23.53)4 (23.53)00
Total1090 (100)451/1090
(41.38, 38.43 to 44.27)
312 (28.62)131 (12.02)5 (0.46)3 (0.28)
Gender
Male661 (60.64)242/661
(36.61, 32.92 to 40.41)
178 (26.93)59 (8.93)4 (0.61)1 (0.15)
Female429 (39.36)209/429
(48.72, 43.89 to 53.56)
134 (31.24)72 (16.78)1 (0.23)2 (0.47)
Classification
Isolated DD348 (31.93)139
(39.94, 34.76 to 45.30)
85 (24.43)49 (14.08)2 (0.57)3 (0.86)
Syndromic DD742 (68.07)312
(42.05, 38.47 to 45.69)
227 (30.59)82 (11.05)3 (0.40)0
Subgroups of syndromic DD
DD+malformations316 (42.59)159
(50.32, 44.67 to 55.96)
96 (30.38)61 (19.30)2 (0.63)0
DD+epilepsy289 (38.95)123
(42.56, 36.79 to 48.49)
106 (36.68)17 (5.88)00
DD+behavioural troubles165 (22.24)36
(21.82, 15.77 to 28.90)
22 (13.33)14 (8.48)00
DD+metabolic disorder122 (16.44)57
(46.72, 37.64 to 55.97)
45 (36.89)10 (8.20)2 (1.64)0
  • AH referred to apparently homozygous variant caused by overlapped diagnostic CNV and SNV.

  • Dual diagnosis referred to patients who identified both diagnostic CNV and diagnostic SNV and had a dual diagnosis.

  • DD, developmental disorder; SNV, single nucleotide variations.