Table 3

Number (%) of patients of each type ever diagnosed with hypoventilation and with mild, moderate or severe apnoea

TypeTotal patientsHypoventilationLevel of sleep apnoea severity
NoneMildModerateSevere
BMD50 (0)*1 (20)0 (0)0 (0)4 (80)
CMD74 (57)2 (29)4 (57)0 (0)1 (14)
DM2410 (42)6 (25)11 (46)5 (21)2 (8)
DMD2714 (52)7 (26)11 (41)7 (26)2 (7)
LGMD†102 (22)4 (40)4 (40)2 (20)0 (0)
Overall7330 (42)20 (27)30 (41)14 (19)9 (12)
  • Patients with multiple studies were assigned their highest observed apnoea severity level.

  • *Percentages use the type-specific total number of patients (column 2) as the denominator. Apnoea percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.

  • †One of 10 patients with LGMD was missing hypoventilation status; thus, the denominator for hypoventilation was 9 for LGMD and 72 overall.

  • BMD, Becker muscular dystrophy; CMD, congenital muscular dystrophy; DM, myotonic dystrophy; DMD, Duchenne muscular dystrophy; LGMD, limb-girdle muscular dystrophy.