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Only few reported IgM\u2010deficient patients fulfil the European Society for Immunodeficiencies (ESID) diagnostic criteria for selective IgM deficiency (true sIgMdef), or their diagnosis is uncertain due to insufficient laboratory data (possible sIgMdef). Decreased serum IgM is often incidentally found in asymptomatic adults. The objective of our study was to further characterize true sIgMdef and to compare the European data collected through the ESID Registry community (tertiary centres) to our previously published Dutch cohort (secondary centre). Fifteen centres (12 countries) participated with 98 patients. Patients were excluded if serum IgM was only determined once (n\u00a0=\u00a014), had normalized (n\u00a0=\u00a08), or if they also had other immunological abnormalities (n\u00a0=\u00a015). Ten patients (5 adults) completely fulfilled the ESID criteria for true sIgMdef. Age\u2010matched cut\u2010off values varied widely between centres; when using the ESID diagnostic protocol reference values, only six patients (five adults) had true sIgMdef. Because of these small numbers, further analyses were performed in patients with true or possible sIgMdef (13 adults, 48 children). Respiratory infections were commonly reported at presentation (adults 54%, children 60%). Symptomatic adults had lower serum IgM levels (mean 0.27\u00a0g\/L, 95% CI 0.22\u20100.31) than those without symptoms (mean 0.33\u00a0g\/L, 95% CI 0.30\u20100.36; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.02). 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