Table 1 Incidence of inherited metabolic diseases categories among Jews versus Bedouin-Muslim population, in southern of Israel, between the years 1990 and 2017
Disease category | Overall incidence/100,000 live births | Incidence among Bedouin-Muslim/100,000 live births | Incidence among Jews/100,000 live births | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | 56.6 | 101.6 | 16 | < 0.001 |
Aminoacidopathy | 8.6 | 18.2 | 0 | < 0.001 |
Peroxisomal diseases | 5.3 | 9.1 | 1.9 | < 0.001 |
Sphingolipidosis | 4.8 | 9.1 | 1 | < 0.001 |
Organic aciduria | 2 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.003 |
Fatty acid oxidation diseases | 4.8 | 7 | 2.9 | 0.02 |
Mucopolysaccharidosis | 6.9 | 12.8 | 1.5 | < 0.001 |
Glycogen storage diseases* | 11.2 | 15 | 7.7 | 0.03 |
Pompe disease (type 2 Glycogen storage disease) | 2.3 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.003 |
Mitochondrial diseases | 10.7 | 21.4 | 1 | < 0.001 |