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Table 3 Participant characteristics

From: Use and importance of different information sources among patients with rare diseases and their relatives over time: a qualitative study

Patients

 Age

Gender

Group of rare disease

 23

female

Genetic skin disease

 32

male

Cystic fibrosis and pulmonary disease

 32

male

Immunodeficiency

 39

male

Skeletal dysplasia

 66

male

Genetic skin disease

 85

female

Connective tissue disease

 70

male

Connective tissue disease

 72

male

Genetic kidney disease

 47

male

Congenital metabolic disease

 50

female

Immunodeficiency

 53

female

Genetic skin disease

 58

female

Genetic disease of the digestive tract

 54

female

Cystic fibrosis and pulmonary disease

 57

female

Immunodeficiency

 44

female

Neuromuscular disease

 43

female

Cystic fibrosis and pulmonary disease

 47

female

Neuromuscular disease

 71

male

Neuromuscular disease

 44

female

Genetic skin disease

 53

female

Connective tissue disease

 72

male

Genetic skin disease

 48

female

Immunodeficiency

 54

female

Genetic skin disease

 58

female

Congenital metabolic disease

 72

female

Immunodeficiency

 48

female

Genetic kidney disease

 47

female

Congenital blood formation disease

 44

female

Skeletal dysplasia

 27

female

Congenital blood formation disease

 36

female

Genetic kidney disease

 40

female

Congenital metabolic disease

 61

female

Neuromuscular disease

 48

male

Congenital blood formation disease

 44

female

Genetic eye disease

 52

female

Genetic eye disease

 46

male

Cystic fibrosis and pulmonary disease

 60

male

Neuromuscular disease

 62

female

Neuromuscular disease

 48

female

Genetic eye disease

 61

female

Connective tissue disease

 66

female

Congenital metabolic disease

 18

female

Congenital blood formation disease

 64

female

Congenital metabolic disease

 37

male

Cystic fibrosis and pulmonary disease

 49

female

Congenital metabolic disease

 59

male

Genetic kidney disease

 70

male

Connective tissue disease

 45

female

Genetic kidney disease

 51

female

Genetic kidney disease

 62

female

Genetic eye disease

 39

female

Neuromuscular disease

 51

male

Immunodeficiency

 40

male

Skeletal dysplasia

 74

male

Cystic fibrosis and pulmonary disease

 69

female

Immunodeficiency

Relatives

 Age

Gender

Group of rare disease

 44

male

Neuromuscular disease

 48

male

Skeletal dysplasia

 28

female

Genetic skin disease

 46

female

Genetic skin disease

 60

female

Skeletal dysplasia

 50

male

Neuromuscular disease

 43

female

Skeletal dysplasia

 46

male

Congenital metabolic disease

 40

female

Genetic skin disease

 49

female

Cystic fibrosis and pulmonary disease

 45

female

Genetic skin disease

 32

female

Genetic disease of the digestive tract

41

male

Skeletal dysplasia