Table 7 Subjective perception of severity of epistaxis impact sorted by demographic and genetic characteristics
From: Quality of life in patients with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT)
Epistaxis subjective impact | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Mild (%) | Moderate (%) | Severe (%) | P-value* | |
Sex | |||||
Male | 91 | 52.7 | 25.3 | 22.0 | |
Female | 96 | 52.1 | 30.2 | 17.7 | 0.66 |
Age (yr) | |||||
18–29 | 18 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
30–39 | 38 | 60.5 | 31.6 | 7.9 | |
40–49 | 36 | 61.1 | 22.2 | 16.7 | |
50–59 | 45 | 37.8 | 35.6 | 26.7 | |
60–69 | 32 | 37.5 | 34.4 | 28.1 | |
> 70 | 18 | 33.3 | 27.8 | 38.9 | 0.001 |
HHT Type | |||||
HHT-1 | 66 | 54.5 | 28.8 | 16.7 | |
HHT-2 | 108 | 49.1 | 28.7 | 22.2 | |
Smad4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | |
No ID | 12 | 75.0 | 16.7 | 8.3 | 0.26 |