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. 2013 Jun 26;48(3):343–356. doi: 10.1002/mus.23902

Table 4.

The 48-week natural history data of 6MWD in placebo group patients (steroid-treated) evaluated every 6 weeks

Baseline 6 weeks 12 weeks 18 weeks 24 weeks 30 weeks 36 weeks 42 weeks 48 weeks
<7 years 6MWD (m) n 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mean 382.8 417.3 413.5 425.5 418.0 410.1 405.9 427.6 416.9
SD 42.7 55.1 30.7 30.7 32.9 25.9 35.6 40.6 35.1
Mean Δ 0.0 34.5 30.7 42.7 35.2 27.4 23.1 44.8 34.1
SD Δ 0.0 38.5 39.4 28.7 53.8 32.7 64.5 64.2 53.9
6MWD percent predicted n 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0
Mean 72.1 78.6 78.0 80.0 78.5 76.9 76.1 80.2 77.9
SD 6.8 9.4 6.7 5.9 7.7 5.1 8.8 9.8 8.3
Mean Δ 0.0 6.4 5.8 7.8 6.4 4.8 4.0 8.0 5.8
SD Δ 0.0 7.2 7.6 5.5 10.4 6.4 12.4 12.4 10.5
≥7 years
6MWD (m) n 34 34 34 34 34 33 31 34 33
Mean 356.1 345.7 340.1 342.7 330.8 332.8 331.9 307.5 297.1
SD 93.6 96.6 101.1 114.0 128.3 134.7 137.2 156.5 154.5
Mean Δ 0.0 –10.5 –16.1 –13.4 –25.3 –26.5 –32.1 –48.6 –58.9
SD Δ 0.0 29.2 33.8 42.8 59.0 66.1 68.5 88.1 81.9
6MWD percent predicted n 34.0 34.0 33.0 33.0 34.0 33.0 31.0 34.0 33.0
Mean 58.5 57.2 57.0 56.6 54.8 55.3 55.1 51.0 49.4
SD 16.7 17.0 17.7 20.3 22.3 23.3 23.7 26.8 26.3
Mean Δ 0.0 –1.3 –2.1 –2.0 –3.7 –3.9 –4.8 –7.6 –9.3
SD Δ 0.0 5.8 7.0 8.2 10.5 11.7 11.8 14.9 13.9