Clinical value of measurement of pulmonary radioaerosol mucociliary clearance in the work up of primary ciliary dyskinesia

EJNMMI Research

Table 1 Distribution of PRMC results in relation to age

Results from PRMC test	Age group
	4–14 years	15–24 years	25–34 years	35–54 years	55–75 years	All
	n = 105 (%)	n = 28 (%)	n = 34 (%)	n = 44 (%)	n = 28 (%)	n = 239 (%)
PCD/SCD	21 (20)	9 (32.1)	12 (35.3)	13 (29.5)	2 (7.1)	57 (23.8)
PCD/SCD	[14, 67 %]	[3, 33 %]	[3, 25 %]	[3, 23 %]	[0]	[23, 40 %]
Inconclusive	14 (13.3)	3 (10.7)	2 (5.9)	5 (11.4)	1 (3.6)	25 (10.5)
Inconclusive	[4, 29 %]	[0]	[0]	[0]	[0]	[4, 16 %]
Normal or otherwise not consistent with PCD	70 (66.7)	16 (57.1)	20 (58.8)	26 (59.1)	25 (89.3)	157 (65.7)
Normal or otherwise not consistent with PCD	[0]	[0]	[0]	[0]	[0]	[0]

Numbers in square brackets show the number and percentage of patients in each group ending up with verified PCD as final clinical diagnosis