Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population

Variable	Patients with DMD (N = 8)
Age (years)	18.87 ± 6.81
Age at diagnosis (years)	4.75 ± 2.81
BMI (kg/m2)	23.31 ± 5.22
Duration GC therapy (years)	11.5 (2–25)
Functional status
Ambulant (%)	2 (25%)
Non-ambulant (%)	6 (75%)
Previous fractures
Vertebral (%)	1 (12.5%)
Long-bone (%)	1 (12.5%)

All variables were normally distributed. Continuous variables are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or median (IQR, interquartile range); discrete ones are expressed as total number (%)

DMD Duchenne muscular dystrophy, BMI body mass index, GC glucocorticoid