Table 1 Characteristics, functional levels, comorbidities, and missing data for children with ataxic CP and other subtypes
From: Characteristics of children with ataxic cerebral palsy
Ataxia | Other subtypes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | p | ||
Total (n = 7638) | 302 | 3.95 | 7336 | 96.05 | ||
Age at examination | Pre-schooler 0–6 y | 59 | 19.5 | 2418 | 33.0 | < 0.001 |
School-aged 7–12 y | 142 | 47.0 | 3051 | 41.6 | ||
Adolescent 13–19 y | 101 | 33.4 | 1867 | 25.4 | ||
Sex | Male | 149 | 49.3 | 4280 | 58.3 | 0.002 |
Female | 153 | 50.7 | 3056 | 41.7 | ||
GMFCS | I | 120 | 39.7 | 3537 | 48.2 | < 0.001 |
II | 114 | 37.7 | 1098 | 15.0 | ||
III | 34 | 11.3 | 540 | 7.4 | ||
IV | 28 | 9.3 | 924 | 12.6 | ||
V | 6 | 2.0 | 1237 | 16.9 | ||
MACS | I | 72 | 25.9 | 2489 | 35.8 | < 0.001 |
II | 115 | 41.4 | 1728 | 24.8 | ||
III | 54 | 19.4 | 925 | 13.3 | ||
IV | 26 | 9.4 | 710 | 10.2 | ||
V | 11 | 4.0 | 1109 | 15.9 | ||
Total | 278 | 100.0 | 6961 | 100.0 | ||
Missing | 24 | 375 | ||||
CFCS | I | 70 | 30.8 | 2612 | 50.8 | < 0.001 |
II | 56 | 24.7 | 540 | 10.5 | ||
III | 33 | 14.5 | 528 | 10.3 | ||
IV | 48 | 21.1 | 687 | 13.4 | ||
V | 20 | 8.8 | 777 | 15.1 | ||
Total | 227 | 100.0 | 5144 | 100.0 | ||
Missing | 75 | 2192 | ||||
Comorbidities | ||||||
Epilepsy | Yes | 65 | 38.0 | 1266 | 36.4 | 0.675 |
No | 106 | 62.0 | 2209 | 63.6 | ||
Missing | 131 | 3599 | ||||
Intellectual disability | Yes | 62 | 51.2 | 1008 | 38.4 | 0.005 |
No | 59 | 48.8 | 1617 | 61.6 | ||
Missing | 181 | 4711 | ||||
Pain | Yes | 110 | 37.2 | 2814 | 40.1 | 0.307 |
No | 186 | 62.8 | 4198 | 59.9 | ||
Missing | 6 | 324 | ||||