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Table 2 Features of patients with Whipple's disease [1], patients with Whipple's disease with neurological manifestations and patients with T. whipplei chronic encephalitis

From: Progressive dementia associated with ataxia or obesity in patients with Tropheryma whipplei encephalitis

Feature

Patients with Whipple's disease

Patients with Whipple's disease and neurological manifestations

Patients with certain T. whipplei encephalitis

Patients with possible T. whipplei encephalitis

Patients with certain or possible T. whipplei encephalitis

 

No./total no. (%)

    

Male sex

770/886 (87)

57/74 (77)

8/13 (61.5)

4/7 (57)

12/20 (60)

Age

NA

50 ± 13

50 ± 13

52 ± 12

51 ± 12

Arthralgia or arthritis

244/335 (73)

49/74 (66)

1/11 (9)

3/7 (43)

4/18 (22)

Chronic diarrhoea

272/335 (81)

30/74 (40.5)

0/12

0/6

0/18

Weight loss

223/240 (93)

35/57 (47)

1/11 (9)

0/6

1/17 (6)

  1. NA: Not available