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Table 3 Analysis of continental subgroups to estimate the prevalence of DMD and BMD

From: Global prevalence of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Type

N

Sample size

I2

Prevalence (95% CI)

DMD

25

52,657,212

97.7

4.8 (95% CI 3.6–6.3)

BMD

17

36,628,807

95.5

1.6 (95% CI 1.1–2.4)