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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of participates

From: Intrauterine cytomegalovirus infection: a possible risk for cerebral palsy and related to its clinical features, neuroimaging findings: a retrospective study

Variables

CP group

(n = 147)

Control group (n = 148)

t/χ2 value

P value

Average age (months)

14.76 ± 3.07

15.10 ± 3.21

0.93

0.35a

Sex (M/F)

103/44

102/46

0.07

0.79b

Average GDS score

73.29 ± 12.73

-

-

-

Average GMFM score

62.01 ± 16.99

-

-

-

Classification of CP

    

Spastic quadriplegia

14(9.6%)

-

-

-

Spastic diplegia

64(43.5%)

-

-

-

Spastic hemiplegia

38(25.9%)

-

-

-

Mixed type

20(13.6%)

-

-

-

Dyskinetic cerebral palsy

11(7.5%)

-

-

-

Ataxia type

2(1.4%)

-

-

-

MRI findings

    

White matter damage

34(22.45%)

-

-

-

Brain dysplasia

24(15.65%)

-

-

-

Hydrocephalus

6(4.08%)

-

-

-

Encephalomalacia

9(7.48%)

-

-

-

Callosal dysplasia

23(15.6%)

-

-

-

Myelin hypoplasia

15(10.20%)

-

-

-

Normal structure

24(24.49%)

-

-

-

  1. CP cerebral palsy, GMFM gross motor function measure scale, GDS Gesell developmental scale, MRI magnetic resonance imaging. aP value was based on the independent sample t test. bP value was based on the Pearson chi-square test. P value was significant at < 0.05