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Table 2 Baseline characteristics and inheritance ratios for CVS patients versus controls

From: Quantitative pedigree analysis and mitochondrial DNA sequence variants in adults with cyclic vomiting syndrome

Variables

CVS (N = 216)

Controls (N = 142)

P-value

Age in years (median, range)

34 (25-46)

38.5 (26-53)

0.0111*

Gender

  

<0.0012**

Male

32% (69)

16% (23)

 

Female

68% (147)

84% (119)

 

Maternal Ratio

1

0.5

<0.0011**

Paternal Ratio

0.43

0.29

<0.0011**

Matrilineal Inheritance Ratio (MIR)

2.2

1.52

0.0071*

  1. Median values represented for continuous variables.
  2. Numbers after percents are frequencies.
  3. Tests used: 1Wilcoxon test; 2Fisher's exact test.
  4. *Indicates a P value <0.05.
  5. **Indicates a P value < 0.001.