Table 1.
Characteristics of female DM patients in the US and UK registries.
| US (n = 162) | UK (n = 124) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient characteristics | n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | P-valuea |
| Age, years | |||||
| At survey | 162 | 53.3 (12.6) | 124 | 46.4 (13.2) | <0.0001 |
| At DM diagnosis | 161 | 37.6 (15.0) | 120 | 34.0 (12.9) | 0.04 |
| At first DM symptom | 156 | 29.0 (15.0) | 112 | 28.0 (13.7) | 0.60 |
| n | % | n | % | ||
| DM subtype | <0.0001 | ||||
| DM1 | 122 | 75.3 | 120 | 96.8 | |
| DM2 | 40 | 24.7 | 4 | 3.2 | |
| Race | 0.20b | ||||
| White | 154 | 95.1 | 121 | 98.4 | |
| Other | 8 | 4.9 | 2 | 1.6 | |
DM, myotonic dystrophy; SD, standard deviation.
a
t-test for continuous variables and chi-square test for categorical variables unless otherwise specified.
b
Fisher's exact test.