Table 2 Children with different CP subtypes by gestational age (GA), birth weight (BW) and Apgar score
From: Cerebral palsy in Moldova: subtypes, severity and associated impairments
CP subtypes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unilateral N (%) | Bilateral N (%) | Dyskinetic N (%) | Ataxic N (%) | Not classified N (%) | Total N (%) | P-value of totals | |
GA | |||||||
GA < 28 weeks | 1 (3) | 7 (6) | 1 (5) | 0 | 1 (25) | 10 (5) | |
GA 28–31 weeks | 0 | 11 (10) | 0 | 1 (11) | 0 | 12 (7) | |
GA 32–36 weeks | 4 (11) | 23 (20) | 2 (9) | 1 (11) | 0 | 30 (16) | |
GA ≥37 weeks | 32 (86) | 72 (64) | 19 (86) | 7 (78) | 3 (75) | 133 (72) | 0.002 |
BW | |||||||
BW < 1000 g | 0 | 6 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (3) | |
BW 1000-1499 g | 1 (3) | 8 (7) | 1 (5) | 0 | 1 (25) | 11 (6) | |
BW 1500-2499 g | 5 (14) | 27 (24) | 4 (18) | 1 (11) | 1 (25) | 38 (21) | |
BW ≥2500 g | 31 (83) | 72 (64) | 17 (77) | 8 (89) | 2 (50) | 130 (70) | 0.054 |
Apgar (1 min) | |||||||
Apgar 0–3 | 1 (3) | 19 (17) | 1 (5) | 1 (11) | 1 (25) | 23 (12) | |
Apgar 4–6 | 8 (22) | 40 (35) | 5 (23) | 2 (22) | 1 (25) | 56 (30) | |
Apgar 7–10 | 28 (75) | 54 (48) | 16 (72) | 6 (67) | 2 (50) | 106 (58) | 0.057 |
Apgar (5 min) | |||||||
Apgar 0–3 | 1 (3) | 7 (6) | 2 (9) | 1 (11) | 0 | 11 (6) | |
Apgar 4–6 | 1 (3) | 30 (27) | 2 (9) | 0 | 2 (50) | 35 (19) | |
Apgar 7–10 | 35 (94) | 76 (67) | 18 (82) | 8 (89) | 2 (50) | 139 (75) | 0.044 |
Total | 37 (100) | 113 (100) | 22 (100) | 9 (100) | 4 (100) | 185 (100) | |