DMD and dilated cardiomyopathy: On the contrary, in the Italian multicenter study, researchers aiming to assess the link between DMD genetic modifiers and dilated cardiomyopathy noted that the recessive IAAM haplotype was associated with earlier age at LoA (IAAM/IAAM 9.7 years vs. 10.8 years for other haplotypes and 11.1 years for VTTT/VTTT) [44].