Table 1.

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy clinical data of typical and nontypical onset (91/154 asymmetrical weakness)*

Iterms	Initial symptoms (n)
	Typical onset		Nontypical onset
	Facial (12)	Scapulo-humeral (125)	Lower limbs proximal weakness (11)/foot drop (4)/others (2)
Male/	9/3	72/53	5/12
female (n/n)
Age at the	12.5 ± 5.4	18.9 ± 5.4	22.3 ± 13.1
onset (years)†
EcoRI	20.2 ± 7.4	19.5 ± 4.9	19.7 ± 4.2
fragment (kb)‡

*Five affected children younger than 10 years were considered as preclinical cases and excluded; ^†,‡EcoRI fragment size and the onset of age was given as means ± SD. SD: Standard deviation.