Table 2

Descriptive statistics

Origin
Series
n
% Females
% Definite diagnosis
Median age (range)
PRNP M129V genotype













MM n (%)
MV n (%)
VV n (%)

NL
sCJD
79
59
52
67 (34–87)
48 (67)
16 (22)
8 (11)

controls
309
56
N/A
71 (55–93)
135 (45)
145 (48)
23 (8)

UK
sCJD
48
58
50
67 (49–81)
22 (46)
13 (27)
13 (27)

vCJD
52
31
74
25 (12–62)
52 (100)
0 (0)
0 (0)

Italy
sCJD
194
57
73
67 (35–87)
141 (73)
31 (16)
22 (11)

Sánchez-Juan et al. BMC Medical Genetics 2007 8:77   doi:10.1186/1471-2350-8-77