Table 1.

Patients’ Main Demographic Characteristics.

Parameter Value
Age (mean±SD) 46.5 (17.5)
Female (n, %) 30 (49.1%)
Variegate porphyria (n, %) 40 (65.6%)
Hereditary coproporphyria (n, %) 21 (34.4%)
Previously had porphyria symptoms (n, %) 40 (70.4%)
Previously visited ED due to porphyria (n, %) 23 (37.7%)
Previously received heme treatment (n, %) 5 (8.1%)
Total number of patient years for observed Yom Kippur fasts (2007–2019) (n, %) 383 (50%)

ED, emergency department.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2023 January; 14(1): e0003. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2023 January 29. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10490