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. 2017 Dec 8;23(1):20–26. doi: 10.1093/pch/pxx125

Table 3.

Clinical characteristics of paediatric patients with dystrophinopathies, spinal muscular atrophy and myotonic dystrophy

Diagnosis (N) Average age (years) Clinical trial participation Ambulation (N) Non-invasive ventilation (N) Invasive ventilation (N)
Yes (no, unknown) Yes No Unknown Yes No Unknown Yes No Unknown
Dystrophinopathies (249) 12 60 (148, 41) 178 45 25 6 216 25 0 224 25
Spinal muscular atrophy (85)* 9 3 (49, 33) 7 34 6 24 46 15 2 68 15
Myotonic dystrophy (58) 10 No data 39 12 7 6 43 9 3 46 9

*Only includes spinal muscular atrophy patients for whom medical information is available (i.e., indexed patients)