TABLE 1.
Patient characteristics
| Total | N = 994 |
| Sex |
Male n = 539 (54.2%) Female n = 455 (45.8%) |
| Age (mean ± SD [range]) | 45.78 y ±21.92 [0–88] |
| <5 y | 50 (5%) |
| 6–18 y | 112 (11.3%) |
| 19–75 y | 776 (78.1%) |
| >75 y | 56 (5.6%) |
| BMI (mean ± SD [range]) | 24.54 kg/m2 ± 5.26 [11.5–42.7] |
| Final diagnosis | N (percentage) |
| No NMD | 370 (37.2%) |
| Uncertain or unknown | 91 (9.2%) |
| Neuromuscular disorder | 533 (53.6%) |
| Myopathic | 304 (57.0%) |
| FSHD | 128 |
| Inflammatory myopathies | 86 |
| Other myopathies | 33 |
| Congenital myopathies | 22 |
| Metabolic myopathies | 20 |
| Dystrophies other than FSHD | 15 |
| Neurogenic | 211 (39.6%) |
| Radiculopathies | 64 |
| MNDs | 61 |
| Polyneuropathies | 44 |
| Plexopathies | 31 |
| Mononeuropathies | 11 |
| Neuromuscular junction disorders | 9 (1.7%) |
| NMD without muscle involvement | 9 (1.7%) |
| Benign fasciculation syndrome | 7 |
| Small fiber neuropathy | 2 |