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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Muscle Nerve. 2015 Jun 18;52(4):521–526. doi: 10.1002/mus.24621

Table 1.

Pathology grade clinical characteristics

Item FSHD1 FSHD2 Total P Value+
n 64 10 74 -
Gender (%M) 45 (70.3) 7 (70.0) 52 (70.3) 0.98*
Median Age (Q1, Q3) 50.0 (39.5, 57.0) 51.5 (34.0, 62.0) 50.0 (38.0, 59.0) 0.67
Median Age Dx (Q1, Q3)@ 38.0 (24.0, 50.0) 29.0 (18.0, 59.0) 37.5 (24.0, 50.0) 0.99
Median D4Z4 (Q1, Q3) 24.0 (18.5, 29.0) 45.0 (42.0, 55.0) 24.5 (19.0, 31.0) <0.0001
Median Meth (955 CI)% 33.0 (28.0, 38.3) 15.5 (12.0, 18.0) 31.5 (23.0, 37.9) <0.0001
Median CSS (Q1, Q3) 5.00 (3.00, 6.00) 5.50 (5.00, 6.00) 5.00 (3.00, 6.00) 0.89
Median Quad Path Grade (Q1, Q3) 3.00 (2.00, 4.00) 3.00 (2.00, 4.00) 3.00 (2.00, 4.00) 0.78
Median Quad QMT std (Q1, Q3)# −1.29 (−2.82, −0.51) −0.775 (−1.46, 0.032) −1.24 (−2.51, −0.44) 0.26
Median SROM (Q1, Q3)$ 80.0 (60.0, 135) 80.0 (80.0, 90.0) 80.0 (60.0, 135) 0.96

6 had mutations in SMCHD1

+

Significance taken from the Kruskal-Wallis test

*

chi square test

@

n=50 (43 FSHD1, 7 FSHD2)

%

n=68 (58 FSHD1, 10 FSHD2)

#

n=50 (42 FSHD1, 8 FSHD2)

$

n=58 (49 FSHD1, 9 FSHD2), SROM = average of the passive range of motion to shoulder abduction for the left and right sides.

n=number; dx=diagnosis; Q1=first quartile; Q3=third quartile; Meth=methylation; CSS = clinical severity score; Quad=quadriceps; path=pathology; QMT=quantitative myometry; std = standard score; SROM = shoulder range of motion.