Table 2

Summary statistics of age and BMI z-score among all PSG studies of patients with each type of muscular dystrophy

TypeN*Minimum1st quartileMedianAverage3rd quartileMaximum
Age (years)
 BMD73.43.41830.154.458.5
 CMD94.411.514.213.614.319.3
 DM370.37.32223.731.769.2
 DMD382.810.513.41416.925.4
 LGMD139.812.823.128.53468.8
 All types1040.310.514.420.325.469.2
BMI (kg/cm2)
 BMD716.516.52926.931.333.6
 CMD810.816.517.717.419.520.4
 DM3713.316.119.521.724.238.4
 DMD3813.816.923.62427.345.2
 LGMD1315.417.122.324.126.449.7
 All types10310.816.821.122.927.849.7
BMI z-score
 BMD70.740.741.461.571.952.31
 CMD8−9.56−1.61−0.73−1.64−0.450.58
 DM37−2.09−0.980.580.260.992.46
 DMD38−6.32−0.531.180.631.862.82
 LGMD13−2.87−1.280.210.191.22.87
 All types103−9.56−0.620.740.331.532.87
  • *Number of PSG studies.

  • BMD, Becker muscular dystrophy; BMI, body mass index; CMD, congenital muscular dystrophy; DM, myotonic dystrophy; DMD, Duchenne muscular dystrophy; LGMD, limb-girdle muscular dystrophy; PSG, polysomnography.