Table 3 PRMC results in relation to ciliary function testing and final clinical diagnosis
Results from ciliary motility study | Final clinical diagnosis related to results from PRMC and ciliary motility study | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Results from PRMC test | Abnormal, consistent with PCD | Inconclusive | Normal, not consistent with PCD | Verified PCD | Uncertain but probably PCD | Uncertain | Uncertain but probably not PCD | Not PCD |
n = 45 (%) | n = 17 (%) | n = 46 (%) | n = 25 (%) | n = 2 (%) | n = 7 (%) | n = 3 (%) | n = 71 (%) | |
PCD/SCD | 26 (57.8) | 22 (88) | 1 (50) | – | – | 3a (4.2) | ||
2 (11.8) | – | – | – | – | 2 (2.8) | |||
15 (32.6) | – | – | 3 (42.8) | 1 (33.3) | 11 (15.5) | |||
Inconclusive | 8 (17.8) | 3 (12) | – | 1 (14.3) | – | 4a (5.6) | ||
2 (11.8) | – | 1 (50) | – | – | 1 (1.4) | |||
8 (17.4) | – | – | 1 (14.3) | – | 7 (9.9) | |||
Normal or otherwise not consistent with PCD | 11 (24.4) | – | – | 1 (14.3) | – | 10a (14.1) | ||
13 (76.4) | – | – | 1 (14.3) | 2 (66.6) | 10 (14.1) | |||
23 (50) | – | – | – | – | 23 (32.4) | |||