Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of preterm and term males with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and no family history of dystrophinopathy at birth, MD STARnet
| Sociodemographic Characteristics | Preterm (N=30) | Term (N=295) | * P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Race/ethnicity | n | % | n | % | |
| White non-Hispanic | 17 | 56.67 | 197 | 66.78 | 0.08 |
| Black non-Hispanic | 3 | 10.00 | 24 | 8.14 | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 | 10.00 | 49 | 16.61 | |
| Other | 7 | 23.33 | 25 | 8.47 | |
| State | |||||
| AZ | 10 | 33.33 | 60 | 20.34 | 0.20 |
| CO | 4 | 13.33 | 59 | 20.00 | |
| GA | 9 | 30.00 | 85 | 28.81 | |
| IA | 1 | 3.33 | 46 | 15.59 | |
| wNYS | 6 | 20.00 | 45 | 15.25 | |
*
Fisher’s exact test; MD STARnet = Muscular Dystrophy Surveillance Tracking and Research Network; AZ = Arizona; CO = Colorado; GA = Georgia; IA = Iowa; wNYS = western New York State