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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 18.
Published in final edited form as: Muscle Nerve. 2013 May 6;48(1):55–67. doi: 10.1002/mus.23808

Table 1.

Number of individuals with DMD with major clinical events by age group and glucocorticoid treatment status.

Age group
(years)
GC status n Fractures Surgical
contracture
release
Surgical
spine
stabilization
KAFO for
ambulation
Nutrition
with PEG
Invasive
ventilation
Noninvasive
ventilation
4–6 Naive 26 2 (8) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Current 27 3 (11) 1 (4) 0 0 0 0 0
7–9 Naive 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Current 68 8 (12) 2 (3) 1 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 3 (4)
Past 2 1 (50) 0 0 0 0 0 0
10–12 Naive 6 1 (17) 3 (50) 0 1 (17) 0 0 0
Current 47 7 (15) 9 (19) 0 5 (11) 0 0 0
Past 9 4 (44) 1 (11) 0 0 0 0 0
13–15 Naive 9 2 (22) 1 (11) 3 (33) 0 1 (11) 0 0
Current 30 10 (33) 5 (17) 1 (3) 2 (7) 0 0 0
Past 12 5 (42) 3 (25) 4 (33) 1 (9) 1 (8) 0 1 (8)
16–18 Naive 4 3 (75) 0 2 (50) 1 (25) 1 (25) 0 2 (50)
Current 15 8 (53) 5 (33) 5 (33) 5 (33) 1 (7) 0 3 (20)
Past 10 5 (50) 6 (60) 5 (50) 1 (11) 1 (10) 0 3 (30)
>18 Naive 16 3 (19) 5 (31) 9 (56) 4 (25) 3 (20) 2 (13) 9 (56)
Current 19 8 (42) 11 (58) 7 (37) 8 (42) 1 (5) 0 6 (32)
Past 15 7 (47) 7 (47) 10 (67) 5 (33) 1 (7) 1 (7) 4 (47)

Data show number (%) of individuals. GC, glucocorticoid; KAFO, knee–ankle–foot orthoses; PEG, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.