Research Article
Acute Intermittent Porphyria in the North of China: The Acute Attack Effect on Quality of Life and Psychological Condition
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of AIP patients.
| Age, yrs | | 18–39 | 25 (92.6) | 40–50 | 2 (7.4) | Female | 27 (100) | Race (Han) | 27 (100) | Education | | Postcollege | 6 (22.2) | College graduate | 7 (25.9) | High school graduate/GED | 4 (14.8) | Junior high school graduate | 8 (29.6) | primary school education | 2 (7.4) | Marital status | | Married | 19 (70.4) | Divorced or separated | 2 (7.4) | Never married | 6 (22.2) | Employment | | Full-time | 13 (48.1) | Homemaker | 4 (14.8) | Unemployed | 12 (44.4) | Age at diagnosis, yrs | | 18–29 | 23 (85.2) | 30–35 | 4 (14.8) | Acute attacks in the last year | | 0 | 10 | 1–5 | 15 | 10 | 2 | Without the symptoms between the attacks | 18 | With symptoms between the attacks | 9 |
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