Body composition of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: the Greek experience
| Autor: | Ioanna Paspati, Glykeria Petrocheilou, Helen Athanasopoulou, Marina Katsalouli, Artemis Doulgeraki, Ioannis Monopolis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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musculoskeletal diseases
Male medicine.medical_specialty Neurology Adolescent Duchenne muscular dystrophy 030209 endocrinology & metabolism 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Absorptiometry Photon Bone Density Internal medicine medicine Vitamin D and neurology Humans Child Exercise Bone mineral Greece business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease Obesity Muscular Dystrophy Duchenne Endocrinology Cross-Sectional Studies Sarcopenia Body Composition Lumbar spine Neurology (clinical) business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Pediatric population |
| Zdroj: | Acta neurologica Belgica. 116(4) |
| ISSN: | 2240-2993 |
| Popis: | Greece ranks among the first countries suffering from the obesity epidemic globally. The aim of the study was to evaluate body composition in Greek patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). We hypothesized that able-bodied patients would not differ from controls, in terms of adiposity, based on clinical observations during everyday practice. Study design: Cross-sectional study of steroid-dependent DMD subjects, who underwent dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and laboratory metabolic bone profile evaluation. Forty-two patients and thirty-one controls were studied. Overall, DMD subjects were shorter (height Z-score = −1.4, p = 0.01). Their bone mineral density (BMD) was low (lumbar spine BMD Z-score = −1.2, p |
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