Comparative cost of illness analysis and assessment of health care burden of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies in Germany

Table 2 Response rate and age distribution within the analyzed patient cohort

	DMD						BMD
	Total	I	II	III	IV	V	Total	I	II	III	IV	V
Response rate
Absolute numbers	248/571	49	70	11	92	26	115/162	42	55	8	10	0
Ratio of total DMD/BMD [%]	43	20	28	4	37	11	71	37	48	7	9	0
Respondents patients/parents [%]	10/90						68/32
Age of patients
Min. [years]	1	1	3	10	1	11	2.5	2.5	7	7	21	-
Max. [years]	42	14	42	23	31	40	62	52	59	41	62	-
Median [years]	11	4	7.5	13	16	22.5	26.5	16	33	30	51	-

Response rates and age distribution were differentiated based on clinical severity stages. Because of rounding, percentage might not add up to exactly 100%.

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