Table 3 Functional levels and comorbidities in different age groups for children with ataxic CP compared with other subtypes
From: Characteristics of children with ataxic cerebral palsy
Ataxia | Other subtypes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | Age | |||||||||
Pre-schooler | School-aged | Adolescent | Pre-schooler | School-aged | Adolescent | |||||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||||
Total | 59 (19.5) | 142 (47.0) | 101 (33.4) | 302 (100.0) | 2418 (33.0) | 3051 (41.6) | 1867 (25.4) | 7336 (100.0) | ||
p | p | |||||||||
GMFCS | I | 28 (47.5) | 56 (39.4) | 36 (35.6) | 0.203 | 1178 (48.7) | 1538 (50.4) | 821 (44.0) | < 0.001 | |
II | 16 (27.1) | 60 (42.3) | 38 (37.6) | 349 (14.4) | 482 (15.8) | 267 (14.3) | ||||
III | 7 (11.9) | 11 (7.7) | 16 (15.8) | 204 (8.4) | 191 (6.3) | 145 (7.8) | ||||
IV | 5 (8.5) | 13 (9.2) | 10 (9.9) | 281 (11.6) | 357 (11.7) | 286 (15.3) | ||||
V | 3 (5.1) | 2 (1.4) | 1 (1.0) | 406 (16.8) | 483 (15.8) | 348 (18.6) | ||||
Total | 59 (100.0) | 142 (100.0) | 101 (100.0) | 2418 (100.0) | 3051 (100.0) | 1867 (100.0) | ||||
MACS | I | 12 (22.6) | 34 (25.8) | 26 (28.0) | 0.552 | 728 (32.6) | 1139 (38.8) | 622 (34.6) | < 0.001 | |
II | 26 (49.1) | 57 (43.2) | 32 (34.4) | 627 (28.1) | 723 (24.7) | 378 (21.0) | ||||
III | 7 (13.2) | 23 (17.4) | 24 (25.8) | 284 (12.7) | 366 (12.5) | 275 (15.3) | ||||
IV | 5 (9.4) | 14 (10.6) | 7 (7.5) | 235 (10.5) | 261 (8.9) | 214 (11.9) | ||||
V | 3 (5.7) | 4 (3.0) | 4 (4.3) | 358 (16.0) | 444 (15.1) | 307 (17.1) | ||||
Total | 53 (100.0) | 132 (100.0) | 93 (100.0) | 2232 (100.0) | 2933 (100.0) | 1796 (100.0) | ||||
CFCS | I | 6 (16.7) | 33 (30.0) | 31 (38.3) | 0.221 | 661 (41.5) | 1210 (56.1) | 741 (53.2) | < 0.001 | |
II | 9 (25.0) | 29 (26.4) | 18 (22.2) | 182 (11.4) | 219 (10.1) | 139 (10.0) | ||||
III | 8 (22.2) | 16 (14.5) | 9 (11.1) | 225 (14.1) | 177 (8.2) | 126 (9.1) | ||||
IV | 11 (30.6) | 24 (21.4) | 13 (16.0) | 254 (15.9) | 246 (11.4) | 187 (13.4) | ||||
V | 2 (5.6) | 8 (7.3) | 10 (12.3) | 272 (17.1) | 306 (14.2) | 199 (14.3) | ||||
Total | 36 (100.0) | 110 (100.0) | 81 (100.0) | 1594 (100.0) | 2158 (100.0) | 1392 (100.0) | ||||
Comorbidities | ||||||||||
Epilepsy | Yes | 6 (33.3) | 32 (38.1) | 27 (39.1) | 0.903 | 198 (30.8) | 553 (34.6) | 515 (41.7) | < 0.001 | |
No | 12 (66.7) | 52 (61.9) | 42 (60.9) | 445 (69.2) | 1044 (65.4) | 720 (58.3) | ||||
Total | 18 (100.0) | 84 (100.0) | 69 (100.0) | 643 (100.0) | 1597 (100.0) | 1235 (100.0) | ||||
Intellectual disability | Yes | 5 (38.5) | 30 (48.4) | 27 (58.7) | 0.354 | 180 (34.8) | 457 (36.3) | 371 (43.8) | < 0.001 | |
No | 8 (61.5) | 32 (51.6) | 19 (41.3) | 337 (65.2) | 803 (63.7) | 477 (56.3) | ||||
Total | 13 (100.0) | 62 (100.0) | 46 (100.0) | 517 (100.0) | 1260 (100.0) | 848 (100.0) | ||||
Pain | Yes | 15 (26.3) | 48 (34.0) | 47 (48.0) | 0.015 | 670 (29.1) | 1256 (43.0) | 888 (49.7) | < 0.001 | |
No | 42 (73.7) | 93 (66.0) | 51 (52.0) | 1634 (70.9) | 1666 (57.0) | 898 (50.3) | ||||
Total | 57 (100.0) | 141 (100.0) | 98 (100.0) | 2304 (100.0) | 2922 (100.0) | 1786 (100.0) | ||||