Description X-EDMD
(n=15)
AD-EDMD
(n=10)
X-EDMD carriers
(n=8)
Family history familial (14)
sporadic (1)
familial (7)
sporadic (3)
familial (8)
Age (yrs) 25 (18-36) 29 (22-31) 33 (28-51)
Skeletal muscle involvement elbow, ankle contractures and spine rigidity (15)
generalized muscle atrophy (3)
arms, calf atrophy (5)
arm atrophy (2)
elbow, ankle contractures and spine rigidity (9)
generalized atrophy (6)
arms, tights (2)
arms, calf atrophy (1)
wheelchair-bound (2)

no skeletal muscle involvement
Cardiac symptoms AVB 2/3 (7)
AF/AFL (5)
tachy-brady (3)
heart failure (3)
(including NYHA III (1), NYHA II/III (2)
AVB 3 (3)
AF (4)
SVT (3)
VT (1)
AVB 2/3 (2)
Cardiac device/age of implantation pacemaker/14-33 yrs) (11) Pacemaker/20-41 yrs (5), then ICD/28-29yrs (2 of these 5) Pacemaker/42-44 yrs (2)
Mutation 1A>G (2)
3G>A (1)
153delC (6)
192G>T, 194insC (1)
256C>T (1)
266-27del18 (1)
397C>T (1)
399+1G>C (1)
450insG (1)
334_336del (1)
788T>C (1)
743T>C (1)
1072G>A (1)
1337A>T (1)
1357C>T (4)
153delC (4)
399+1G>C (2)
450insG (2)
CK-MB (%) A 3.2 (2.6-6.4) (n=11) 3.4 (2.5-7.7) (n=7) 9.9 (2.0-10.5) (n=5)
Values are presented as medians and interquartile ranges
Number of patients is shown in parentheses
A Values in normals: 2.2 (0.0-2.8) (n=20)
Abbreviations: AF - atrial fibrillation; VT - ventricular tachycardia; AFL - atrial flutter; SVT - supraventricular tachycardia; AVB atrio-ventricular block; ICD - implanted
cardioverter/defibrillator
Table 1: Summary of clinical and laboratory data in patients with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy