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Table 4 Walking capability, medications and intervention in the registrants with DMD and BMD

From: A comprehensive database of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy patients (0–18 years old) in East China

 

DMD patients

BMD patients

 

No. of case

% of case

No. of case

% of case

Walking capability

    

Normal walking

160

82.5%

35

100%

Not able to walk

34

17.5%

0

0

 

194

100%

35

100%

Cardiac function

    

Normal

86

44.3%

16

45.7%

Dysfunction

4

2.1%

0

0

Not performed

104

53.6%

19

54.3%

 

194

100%

35

100%

Respiratory function

    

Normal

36

18.6%

5

14.3%

Dysfunction

0

0

0

0

Not performed

158

81.4%

30

85.7%

 

194

100%

35

100%

Steriod use

    

Current

49

25.3%

2

5.7%

Used to

2

1%

0

0

Never

143

73.7%

33

94.3%

 

194

100%

35

100%