Bone Abstracts

Objectives: To evaluate bone health and body composition in Greek patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), hypothesizing that prepubertal patients would not be fatter than controls, given the Greek obesity epidemic. Greece ranks among the first countries in overweight and obesity prevalence globally; 30 and 13% of childhood population respectively.Methods: Cross-sectional study, conducted at the Greek Institute of Child Health (Athens) over a 2-y...