As 18.6 . Multiple imputation in the 62 patients who were not tested for platelet function yielded an estimated PSD prevalence of 19.3 . The weighted mean of the two prevalences yielded a global prevalence in the entire population with bleeding and BBS of 4 or more of 18.8 (95 CI: 14.1?4.7 ). Analysis of prevalence was repeated after exclusion of patients with defects only upon stimulation with ADP (see 
Methods section “Study of prevalence”). This calculation yielded a prevalence of PSD with defects to 1676428 multiple platelet aggregation MedChemExpress CP21 agonists of 13.5 (95 CI: 9.6?21.2 ). Details on the analysis are provided in Table S2.Statistical analysisContinuous variables were summarized by median value and interquartile range (IQR), categorical values by percentages. Prevalence was calculated as the proportion of patient with PSD on the total of patients belonging to the source population defined with the aforementioned criteria. The 95 confidence interval of the prevalence was calculated according to Agresti-Coull [19]. The characteristics of groups of PSD patients with or without accompanying clinical conditions were compared by 166518-60-1 calculating differences in medians and proportions and computing their 95 CI. Comparisons of non-dichotomous categorical variables were carried out by Fisher’s exact test. Linear regression was used to study the association between the number 25837696 of agonists eliciting reduced secretion and BSS, age-normalized BSS and age of first bleeding requiring medical attention. The association between laboratory results and clinical severity of PSD was assessed before and after the exclusion of patients who only had ADP-induced secretion defect (see above the rationale for this analysis). KruskalWallis test was used to study the aforementioned proxies of bleeding severity across patients with different patterns of platelet defect.Comparison of patients with or without associated medical conditionsThe characteristics of the 22 patients without associated medical conditions and those of the 10 patients with associated medical conditions are presented in Table S3. Patients without associated conditions displayed younger age at first bleeding requiring medical attention (patients without vs with associated conditions, median age: 18 vs 45 years, difference: -27 years, 95 CI: -46 to 9 years) and at study enrollment (median age: 34 vs 50 years, difference: -16 years, 95 CI: -34 to 1 years). The distribution ofPrevalence and Characteristics of PSDTable 1. Demographic, clinical and laboratory characteristics in 32 patients with primary secretion defects.Variable Median age at referral, y (IQR) Median age at first bleeding requiring medical attention, y (IQR) Female sex, n ( ) Median bleeding severity score, points (IQR) Median age-adjusted bleeding score, points/y (IQR) Secretion defect upon stimulationa ADP any concentration, n ( ) ADP 20 mM, n ( ) Collagen any concentration, n ( ) Collagen 20 mg/mL, n ( ) U46619 any concentration, n ( ) U46619 1 mM, n ( ) TRAP any concentration, n ( ) TRAP 20 mM, n ( ) Number of agonists with reduced response, n ( ) 1 agonist 2 agonists 3 agonists 4 agonists Number of agonists with reduced response at maximal stimulation, n ( ) 0 agonists 1 agonist 2 agonists 3 agonists Pattern of platelet defect, n ( ) ADP ADP, TRAP ADP, U46619 ADP, U46619, TRAP ADP, collagen ADP, collagen, TRAP ADP, collagen, U46619 ADP, collagen, U46619, TRAPValue 35 (21?2) 28 (15?2) 24 (75) 6.5 (5?0) 0.17 (0.13?.35)32 (100) 24 (75).As 18.6 . Multiple imputation in the 62 patients who were not tested for platelet function yielded an estimated PSD prevalence of 19.3 . The weighted mean of the two prevalences yielded a global prevalence in the entire population with bleeding and BBS of 4 or more of 18.8 (95 CI: 14.1?4.7 ). Analysis of prevalence was repeated after exclusion of patients with defects only upon stimulation with ADP (see Methods section “Study of prevalence”). This calculation yielded a prevalence of PSD with defects to 1676428 multiple platelet aggregation agonists of 13.5 (95 CI: 9.6?21.2 ). Details on the analysis are provided in Table S2.Statistical analysisContinuous variables were summarized by median value and interquartile range (IQR), categorical values by percentages. Prevalence was calculated as the proportion of patient with PSD on the total of patients belonging to the source population defined with the aforementioned criteria. The 95 confidence interval of the prevalence was calculated according to Agresti-Coull [19]. The characteristics of groups of PSD patients with or without accompanying clinical conditions were compared by calculating differences in medians and proportions and computing their 95 CI. Comparisons of non-dichotomous categorical variables were carried out by Fisher’s exact test. Linear regression was used to study the association between the number 25837696 of agonists eliciting reduced secretion and BSS, age-normalized BSS and age of first bleeding requiring medical attention. The association between laboratory results and clinical severity of PSD was assessed before and after the exclusion of patients who only had ADP-induced secretion defect (see above the rationale for this analysis). KruskalWallis test was used to study the aforementioned proxies of bleeding severity across patients with different patterns of platelet defect.Comparison of patients with or without associated medical conditionsThe characteristics of the 22 patients without associated medical conditions and those of the 10 patients with associated medical conditions are presented in Table S3. Patients without associated conditions displayed younger age at first bleeding requiring medical attention (patients without vs with associated conditions, median age: 18 vs 45 years, difference: -27 years, 95 CI: -46 to 9 years) and at study enrollment (median age: 34 vs 50 years, difference: -16 years, 95 CI: -34 to 1 years). The distribution ofPrevalence and Characteristics of PSDTable 1. Demographic, clinical and laboratory characteristics in 32 patients with primary secretion defects.Variable Median age at referral, y (IQR) Median age at first bleeding requiring medical attention, y (IQR) Female sex, n ( ) Median bleeding severity score, points (IQR) Median age-adjusted bleeding score, points/y (IQR) Secretion defect upon stimulationa ADP any concentration, n ( ) ADP 20 mM, n ( ) Collagen any concentration, n ( ) Collagen 20 mg/mL, n ( ) U46619 any concentration, n ( ) U46619 1 mM, n ( ) TRAP any concentration, n ( ) TRAP 20 mM, n ( ) Number of agonists with reduced response, n ( ) 1 agonist 2 agonists 3 agonists 4 agonists Number of agonists with reduced response at maximal stimulation, n ( ) 0 agonists 1 agonist 2 agonists 3 agonists Pattern of platelet defect, n ( ) ADP ADP, TRAP ADP, U46619 ADP, U46619, TRAP ADP, collagen ADP, collagen, TRAP ADP, collagen, U46619 ADP, collagen, U46619, TRAPValue 35 (21?2) 28 (15?2) 24 (75) 6.5 (5?0) 0.17 (0.13?.35)32 (100) 24 (75).
