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Table 1 Participants Characteristics

From: Quality of life in adults with muscular dystrophy

 

DMD

BMD

LGMD

FSHD

CTRL

n

15

18

12

14

16

Age (Years)

24.2 ± 6.1 B***,LG***,F***,C*

42.4 ± 13.5

41.6 ± 11.7

47.1 ± 11.1 C*

35.4 ± 12.7

Stature (cm)

172.0 ± 4.3

177.4 ± 6.0

179.6 ± 7.2

178.6 ± 8.1

177.5 ± 9.3

Mass (Kg)

73.1 ± 14.6 B*,LG**,F*

86.5 ± 20.3

97.0 ± 18.1 C*

86.0 ± 11.2

81.1 ± 18.2

Ambulant

0/15

10/18

3/12

10/14

16/16

BMI (kg/m2)

25.5 ± 4.1

27.3 ± 6.2

29.4 ± 26.6

26.6 ± 3.4

25.5 ± 3.7

  1. Participants’ anthropometric characteristics
  2. DMD Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, BMD Beckers Muscular Dystrophy, LGMD Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, FSHD Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy, cm centimetres, Kg Kilograms, BMI Body Mass Index, B denotes significant difference from BMD; LG denotes significant difference from LGMD; F denotes significant difference from FSHD; C denotes significant difference from CTRL; * denotes P < .05; ** denotes P < .01; *** denotes P < .001